World Aquaculture Society praises Viet Nam’s potential
Viet Nam is one of the fastest growing areas in aquacultural production in the world and the future for the Vietnamese aquaculture looks bright, said Executive director of the World Aquaculture Society John Cooksey.
Viet Nam’s aquaculture industry is developing dynamically because it is well organised, supported by the government and has a strong team of scientists behind it, John told a Viet Nam News Agency’s correspondent on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific aquaculture conference 2007, that is taking place from August 6-8 in Ha Noi.
“There is so much good water in Viet Nam including fresh, brackish and marine water that is providing Viet Nam opportunities for increased aquacultural development,” John said.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in 2006, aquaculture production reached 1.67 million tonnes, contributied 1.7 billion USD to a total of 3.32 billion USD of the aquacultural export value.
Viet Nam has become the world’s third largest producer in aquacultural volume and one of the top ten product exporting countries.
However, according to Deputy Minister of MARD Nguyen Viet Thang, a small number of Vietnamese enterprises still face difficulties in some markets due to quality issue.
Thang said that aquacultural develoment in Viet Nam has achieved rapid growth in production and value while developing sustainablity within food safety guideline, to meet international standards.
Viet Nam is now home to over 250 enterprises that are recognised to be qualified for exporting their products to markets such as European countries, the US and Japan.
The conference is attracting the participation of over 1,000 scientists, enterprises and officials from the aquacultural industry in the world.-(VNA)
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