MEKSEA.COM – Currently, the Vietnam railway industry launched a container train, running from Hanoi (Vietnam) to Liege (Belgium). Container transport is a good solution for Vietnam seafood exports. Moreover, it solves transportation needs in the context of the global shipping crisis.   Vietnam – Belgium train carrying 23 containers (40 feet) departed for the first time on […]

MEKSEA.COM – Europeans still enjoy eating tuna and seafood products amid the covid-19 pandemic, two-thirds of them saying these dishes are on their menu several times a month.   The global pandemic has reduced European seafood consumption due to price escalation. However, according to the latest survey by the Kantar network on “EU consumer habits […]

MEKSEA.COM – Demand for US shrimp imports from Vietnam has remained stable even amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The US is the market with the best growth rate in the top 5 shrimp import markets of Vietnam. Moreover, Vietnamese shrimp in the US market is becoming more and more competitive when India (the largest supplier of […]

MEKSEA.COM – By the middle of the third quarter of 2021, the total value of Vietnamese pangasius exports to the Middle East market increased by 25.18% over the same period last year. In particular, many businesses have shifted their exports to the Egyptian and UAE markets.   The Middle East is considered one of the […]

MEKSEA.COM – Vietnam’s aquatic products have gained the favour of Australian consumers. Therefore, recently, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs cooperated with the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) to organize a workshop on “Promoting aquaculture export to Australia”.   Despite being significantly affected by the covid-19 pandemic, Vietnam’s seafood exports to Australia […]

MEKSEA.COM – Currently, the covid-19 epidemic situation is gradually controlled, Vietnamese businesses have started to resume production since social distancing in mid-September. Most businesses have also built production plans suitable to the new situation to meet year-end orders.   Up to now, many seafood processing factories in the Mekong Delta have reoperated with more than 70% […]

MEKSEA.COM – According to statistics from ANCIT (Associazione Nazionale Conservieri Ittici e delle Tonnare, the Italian fish canning companies association), Canned tuna leads production and consumption, everyone eats it (99%), on the whole more than one Italian out of three (36%) consumes it 2-3 times a week. . In 2020, Italy consumed 2 billion euros of […]

MEKSEA.COM – The EU went past Thailand and remained as the third-largest importer of Vietnam cephalopod, accounting for 10,8% of Vietnam’s cephalopod shipments to markets. Italy, France and Spain continued to be the top biggest importing markets of Vietnam in the EU. Sales to these 3 markets recorded good growth.   Due to social distancing to […]

MEKSEA.COM – In the first half of September 2021, Vietnam’s tuna export volume to China increased by 332% over the same period last year. This is considered a breakthrough in Vietnam’s seafood export industry right after the factories resumed production.   Previously China used to announce to stop importing frozen seafood from major seafood exporting countries, including […]

MEKSEA.COM – Vietnamese seafood exporters have 100 “golden days” to sprint for the export target of $9 billion in 2021. Businesses in Northern provinces take advantage of opportunities from the US and EU markets, while businesses in Southern provinces are rushing to recover production to serve Christmas purchases demands.   Northern seafood enterprises are expected to […]