In April only, the country’s export of seafood reached $ 684.22 million, down by 2.6 per cent over the previous month but up by 6.3 per cent over the same month of last year.

In the first four months of this year, Vietnam’s exports of seafood to EU reached $ 423.05 million, up by 24.3 per cent year – on – year and accounted for 17.3 per cent of the total; to the U.S - $ 378.33 million, up by 4.8 per cent; to Japan - $ 376.36 million, up by 4.7 per cent; to China - $ 291.39 million, up by 27 per cent; to South Korea - $ 242.87 million, up by 21 per cent; to the South East Asian countries - $ 195.36 million, up by 17 per cent.

In the first four months of the year, the country’s exports of seafood to Turkey increased sharply by 141.4 per cent to $ 2.93 million; to Cambodia – up by 110.8 per cent to $ 8.43 million; to Pakistan – up by 95.5 per cent to $ 11.56 million; to Egypt – up by 88.9 per cent to $ 11.88 million; to the Netherlands – up by 60.2 per cent to $ 94.71 million; and to Sweden – up by 59 per cent to $ 5.99 million.

However, the exports of seafood to Indonesia decreased sharply by 55.7 per cent to $ 1.35 million; to Brazil – down by 37.9 per cent to $ 29.09 million; to Czech – down by 34.5 per cent to $ 2.17 million; to Saudi Arabia – down by 34 per cent to $ 13.7 million; and to Ukraine – down by 27.9 per cent to $ 3.28 million.