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Vietnamese tuna hits US$544 million in seven months, led by the US, but a 12.5% tariff is a year-end headwind
In data released by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) on August 19, tuna exports in January–July 2026 reached US$544 million (about 80.5 billion yen at 148 yen to the dollar), turning to a 2% year-on-year increase. Most of the first half had been below the prior year, but a run of sharp gains in June and July pushed it back up... -
Cao Bang Province's Glass Noodles Head to the US: The Frontier Sales Channel Opened by Tan Viet A's Four-Star Product
In Cao Bang, a mountainous province in the far north of Vietnam, the glass noodles "Mien Dong" made by the Tan Viet A cooperative are on US shelves. This product, which first shipped 4 tonnes in January 2025, is the first Cao Bang OCOP-certified item to reach the US market. Having expanded its raw-material sourcing across Southeast Asia... -
With US tariffs on Vietnamese pangasius finalized, white fish flows to the CPTPP and Japan
On August 12, 2026, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) published the final results of the 21st annual review (POR21, covering the period August 2023 to July 2024) of the anti-dumping duty on frozen pangasius (basa / Vietnamese catfish). The duty rate jumped three- to fivefold from the preliminary results in February of that year, and the mainstay of exports to the United States... -
US retail and seafood groups form a "shrimp-import defense coalition": Vietnamese shrimp and Japanese procurement
On July 31, 2026, US retail and seafood groups formed the "American Shrimp Alliance" to oppose import-shrimp restrictions. We unpack, from a practical standpoint, the tailwind for Vietnamese shrimp, whose exports to the United States fell 15%, and the impact on Japanese buyers who purchase from the same supply pool. -
Vietnamese tilapia rewrites the options for white-fish sourcing with a 'seamless, end-to-end plant'
A tilapia-processing line with a daily capacity of 200 tonnes has come online in Hung Yen province. We unpack what Vietnamese white fish, vertically integrated from seed stock to export, will bring to the Japanese sourcing front line.
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