HO CHI MINH CITY, Jan 21 (Xinhua): The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) and the Vietnam Cleaner Production Centre launched a project worth 3.2 million US dollars on establishing a sustainable tra fish (Pangasius) supply chain by 2020, local Vietnam News daily reported today.
The project would help the tra fish industry meet international quality standards, the report quoted VASEP deputy director general Pham Anh Tuan as saying, who added that over 48 months, Vietnam will establish a model farm and training centre and start developing a legal framework to clarify the origin of tra fish products.
Vietnam currently provides over 90 per cent of the world supply of tra fish. Hundreds of thousands of farmers in the southern Mekong Delta earn a living from tra fish farming and processing for export.
In 2013, tra fish exports bring in 1.8 billion US dollars, which is forecast to reach 3 billion US dollars by 2020. Major markets for Vietnamese tra fish exports are the EU, the United States and Japan. However, the industry faces several quality problems, such as antibiotic residue, which negatively affect the image of Vietnamese products around the world, according to the association.
Vietnam invests $ 3.2m to reform tra fish industry
FE Team | Published: January 22, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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