The pangasius industry has brought in US$2.4 billion in export turnover in 2022 and the number this year can exceed $3 billion if Viet Nam pushes for deep processing. Duong Quoc Nghia, chairman of the Viet Nam Pangasius Association, talks...
This year is believed to be a brighter year for the domestic tra fish industry with exports inching up in the first quarter, according to an official from the Viet Nam Pangasius Association.
Viet Nam’s tra fish export value has exceeded US$2 billion for the first time, with the figure hitting $2.05 billion in the first 11 months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 27.4 per cent, according to the General Department...
The price of tra fish in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has increased to a record high of VND30,000 (US$1.3) a kilogramme while processors face a shortage of fresh fish.
The Viet Nam Pangasius Association on July 27 launched a trading website and a farming e-map of tra fish in the Mekong Delta region to support tra fish producers and exporters.
The Viet Nam Pangasius Association has asked the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development to continue negotiating with the
Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to allow all Vietnamese
pangasius enterprises to export to their market.
Provinces in the Mekong Delta will reduce the size of tra fish or
pangasius farms in the light of a decline in domestic and international
demand for the fish.