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Vietnamese seafood hits US$8 billion in eight months: crab (+34%) and shellfish (about +31%) break the reliance on shrimp
Vietnam's seafood exports in January–August 2026 were about US$8 billion. Shrimp is still first, but the lead in growth has shifted to crab (+34%) and shellfish (+30.8%). We read the material for Japanese seafood buyers to lock in new-category Vietnamese sources while they can. -
European buyers let go of long-term contracts—the new norm in sourcing Vietnamese hard clams
At the export front line for Vietnamese hard clams (a bivalve known locally as ngao, also written ngheu), the way European buyers purchase has begun to change quietly but decisively. According to Vietnam's agriculture-and-environment newspaper (Nong nghiep Moi truong) on July 1, 2026, bivalve processing and...
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