Fisheries & Shrimp

CP Vietnam has brought online an aquaculture-feed plant in Ca Mau province with annual output of 125,000 tonnes. We lay out, from the angle of how it serves as material for viewing Japan's sourcing of Vietnamese shrimp, this increase in feed production within the growing region.

Seven investment proposals have come in for Bac Lieu's advanced shrimp-farming zone (418 hectares), which had sat almost idle for nine years. Advanced technologies such as RAS and disease-free seed stock line up. We read the signs of a restart from the standpoint of Japanese shrimp sourcing.

The FTA between Vietnam and the four EFTA countries has reached a broad accord after 14 years. A high-standard, wealthy European market opens to Vietnamese seafood. We read what will ripple through to Japanese seafood sourcing as the hurdles of rules of origin and quality rise.

Imports of Canadian lobster and snow crab into Vietnam rose about 40% over two years, reaching US$61 million in 2025. In a market growing into a buyer of premium seafood, we read the sales-channel potential that Japanese seafood buyers hold.

With wild white fish in short supply, the largest pangasius company, Vinh Hoan, is expanding sales channels centered on Europe. Its CEO named Brazil and Japan. We lay it out from the perspective of Japanese buyers looking for white-fish substitutes.

Dam Doi in Ca Mau province, together with Minh Phu, has built an ASC-certified black tiger shrimp farming zone of 268 households and 721 hectares. We lay out the points Japanese seafood buyers looking for certified raw material will want to check.

Vinh Hoan's ASC-certified prepared pangasius product "Cured Panga Croquette" took the top award at Seafood Excellence Asia 2026. We lay out its significance from the angle of a white-fish substitute for Japan's foodservice and ready-meal sectors.

Ho Chi Minh City has approved a tourism-development plan for Con Dao National Park. It added two 5.5 km cable-car lines and an investment-attraction allocation for 100 ha of marine aquaculture. Neither the fish species nor the operators have been announced. We lay out the points Japanese seafood buyers should check now.

The major Vietnamese pangasius company Nam Viet has formed a long-term partnership with the UK's Benchmark on breeding Nile tilapia. Through ASC and BAP certification and genetic improvement, the options for white-fish raw materials used by Japanese foodservice are widening.

The shrimp-farming cooperative HTX Thanh Dat in Ca Mau province has obtained ASC Farm Standard certification from DNV. We lay out what this certification—which majors such as Aeon make a sourcing requirement—means for sourcing to Japan and the EU, and the points buyers should check at first hand.