First container of Vietnam’s ngao oysters shipped to Italy
Lenger Seafoods Vietnam shipped its first container of ngao oyster grown in northern Nam Dinh province to Italy on June 10, ushering in a new opportunity for local breeders.
Ngao oyster farms in Giao Xuan commune, Giao Thuy district of Nam Dinh province. (Photo: VNA)
Nam Dinh(VNA) – Lenger Seafoods Vietnam shipped its first container of ngao oyster grown in northern Nam Dinhprovince to Italy on June 10, ushering in a new opportunity for local breeders.
Nam Dinh is home toabout 2,000 hectares of ngao oysterfarming, mostly in Giao Thuy and Nghia Hung districts, that produce over 30,000tonnes of oyster annually, said Vice Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Nguyen Phung Hoan.
A majority of thelocality’s ngao oysters have beenconsumed by local buyers while a small amount have been exported to China bypetty traders.
After one year ofconstruction, the Lenger Seafoods Vietnam, a member of Lenger Seafoods from theNetherlands, has become operational, setting the scene for the development ofthe seafood processing industry and ngao farming in the province.
The company has alsohelped establish a supply chain, from breeding, harvesting, to transporting andprocessing, under strict requirements of Italy.
Ngao oysters of Nam Dinhgaining access to the foreign market will bring many benefits to the province,Hoan noted, urging businesses and farmers involving in the supply chain tocomply with the importer’s requirements.
According to NguyenHo Nguyen, Director General of Lenger Seafoods Vietnam, the firm collects ngao oysters from farms certified tohave clean and safe water environment.
After harvested, theoysters will be processed in a closed hi-tech production line from cleaning topreservation to ensure the oysters to stay fresh when they reach to the endconsumers in the EU market, he added.
Lenger SeafoodsVietnam is capable of producing up to 300 tonnes of ngao per day. It expects to soon export ngao to more markets, including the Netherlands, Spain, France, theRepublic of Korea, Japan and the United States.
It plans to send about ten more containers of ngao to the EU this June and develop a distribution channel insupermarkets and restaurants across the country.-VNA
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Ngao oyster farms in Giao Xuan commune, Giao Thuy district of Nam Dinh province. (Photo: VNA)
