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Vietnam has the world's most ASC feed-certified plants at 15: what should Japanese buyers ask?
On September 21, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) released the content of a new-standard training session it held jointly with the ASC (Aquaculture Stewardship Council) in Can Tho on September 15. The targets were farms, companies, and aquaculture-feed plants. What matters to Japanese buyers is that the scope of the audit does not stop inside the fence of the farming pond but, the feed... -
Nam Viet breeds tilapia with the UK's Benchmark, building a quality receptacle for white fish
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. -
With 54% of Vietnam's tilapia exports headed to Brazil, a proposed ban and a move to diversify markets
Brazil's prohibition bill 6.331 exposed Vietnamese tilapia's 54% dependence on Brazil. We lay out its quality-focused market diversification into the United States, Europe, Japan, and the Middle East, and the supply and prices that Japanese buyers should watch. -
The day Vietnamese tilapia becomes the star of conveyor-belt sushi: Can Tho's export strategy
Can Tho city in Vietnam's Mekong Delta has set out a plan to develop tilapia (ca ro phi in Vietnamese, a white-fleshed freshwater fish) into a strategic export species. Starting from a farming area of 604 hectares at the end of 2025, the city's Department of Agriculture and Environment has set a goal of expanding the growing area to 96,500 hectares of potentially suitable land, with the United States as the main...
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