Domestic seafood enterprises have already signed business contracts worth millions of US dollars in total with foreign partners at the Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition (Vietfish) in HCM City, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
The three-day expo, starting from June 12, attracted nearly 200 domestic and foreign seafood businesses, mostly from nine countries and territories comprising China, the Netherlands, Norway, India, Spain, Singapore, Thailand and Britain.
At the expo, many importers from Europe, Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan showed their great interest in products made by the Nam Can Seafood Export and Import Joint Stock Company (Seanaminco) and hope to set up long-term ties with the company.
The Seanaminco signed two contracts to ship abroad five containers of tiger prawns, valued at US$500,000, to Europe and Taiwan at the event.
Meanwhile, the Mekong Group welcomed six foreign business delegations, mainly from Russia, the European Union, Singapore and China. The visitors discussed contracts with the group after visiting its tra and basa catfish and shrimp processing plants and hoped to reach agreements soon.
The President of the Greenfish Corporation from the Republic of Korea, Jin Min-Joo, said his corporation planned to import 10 containers of shrimps from Vietnam each month after working with five shrimp companies of Vietnam at the exhibition.
Vietnam reaped around US$1.3 billion from seafood shipments in the first five months of 2007, up 16.2 per cent on-year. (VNA)
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