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A Vietnamese shrimp farmer's crop takes four months; their mind never leaves the pond, a seafood outlet wrote
On September 22, 2026, the Vietnamese seafood-specialist outlet Tepbac ran a column dealing solely with the psychology of shrimp farmers. The headline was "Throughout a crop, your mind never leaves the pond." It was placed not in the news pages but in an opinion column called "Goc nhin (Perspective)," signed by Phong. Neither the unit price nor the export value appears... -
International financing debated for Vietnamese shrimp; the bottleneck lies not only in the amount of funds but in collateral and records
On September 21, 2026, Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment held a public-private partnership (PPP) forum in Can Tho city focused on the Mekong Delta's shrimp industry. Held through the Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture Vietnam (PSAV) in collaboration with USGBC, a US grain and bio-products industry association, the agenda centered on the shift to a circular model... -
Wild white fish in short supply worldwide: Vinh Hoan expands sales channels to Japan too
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's 721 hectares of ASC black tiger shrimp: will it benefit Japanese seafood sourcing?
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. -
A 100 ha marine-aquaculture quota in Con Dao—will the supply map for seafood to Japan shift?
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. -
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. -
Ten years of squid farming in Quang Ninh: what a 30% survival rate says about the profitability trap
An entrepreneur who has spent ten years attempting squid farming off Co To, Vietnam, reveals the reality, a survival rate of about 30% and live squid at 420,000 dong/kg, sounding a warning against overconfidence in "easy money." We also consider the link with Japan's demand for premium squid. -
From wild-caught squid to farming: how Co To's 210 ha changes the conventional wisdom of sourcing
About 210 ha of offshore aquaculture has started in the Co To special zone of Quang Ninh province. We unpack this project, which takes on the industrial farming of squid that had relied almost entirely on wild catch, from the perspective of Japanese seafood sourcing.
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