Vietnam Listed Among World's Top 5 Aquatic Producers
Vietnam has maintained its position of the world’s fifth largest aquatic producer in the 2001-2005 period, according to UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) statistics.
FAO statistics also placed Vietnam 12th on the list of fish catching nations, and 9th for seafood exports during the time.
Vietnam’s fisheries industry attained 18.4 per cent annual growth over the past years and provided jobs for almost 4 million workers in 2006, more than doubling the 1990 figure.
The country’s seafood processing chains have seen the benefits of modernization, allowing the nation’s better-known trademarks to take a firm foothold in 140 foreign markets.
Minister of Fisheries Ta Quang Ngoc said, at a May 17 ceremony conferring the Golden Star Order to the fisheries industry, that exports revenues are expected to increase to around US$4.5-5 billion, against US$3.35 billion in 2006.
Also at the award ceremony, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung extolled the fisheries industry as a significant contributor to national poverty reduction and the nation’s continued socio-economic development.
Dung also called on the industry to pay greater attention to sustainable growth in the industry when it implements its 2010-20 development strategy, focusing more on product quality, improving living conditions for fishermen and ensuring the safety of people fishing offshore. (Vietnam & World Economy, People’s Army)
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