In April, seafood export turnover reached US$520 million, an increase of 11 percent over the same period last year. Exports of frozen shrimps, pangasius fish and tuna fish are on the rise.The association said that importers have highly appreciated the quality of several seafood products from Vietnam.
Authorized organs from Europe, the US, Japan, South Korea and Russia have well assessed Vietnam’s efforts to control quality and food hygiene of export seafood products.
Seventy three percent of 415 seafood processing plants in Vietnam are able to meet requirements of the European markets. Authorized organs target an increase of 80 percent by 2020.
