According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the country’s major seafood export markets in the first two months this year were the US, Japan, China and the Republic of Korea, accounting for 50.5 per cent of the total. Notably, several markets seeing strong export growth included the Netherlands (49.7 per cent), Thailand (35.3 per cent) and China (34.9 per cent). 

Also in March, the country’s seafood import value reached $ 151 million, bringing the total seafood import value in three months of this year to $ 423 million, up by 32.4 per cent year – on - year.

In the first quarter of this year, the country’s total aquatic production rose by 4 per cent to 775,800 tons, including 740,800 tons of seafood and 35,000 tons of home-grown products.

 

The country’s total tuna output was estimated at 6,406 tons in the first quarter of this year, including 3,676 tons in the central province of Khanh Hoa, 1,500 tons in the central province of Binh Dinh and 1,230 tons in the central province of Phu Yen.

Meanwhile, tra fish production in the Mekong Delta was estimated at 230,200 tons, up by 5.1 per cent year – on – year. The production of tra fish in An Giang was at 73,300 tons, up by 3 per cent; Dong Thap – 78,400 tons, up by 7 per cent; and Vinh Long – 13,200 tons, up by 18.3 per cent year – on - year.