Vietnam may sue the US at the World Trade Organization (WTO) if the US Farm Bill adversely affects Vietnam’s exports. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Never before has Vietnam’s shrimp industry met such difficulties, as technical barriers have been used in large importing markets.

Vietnam’s catfish industry has encountered bad press in recent months. Carrefour, the largest retail group in Europe, announced the stop of the sale of Vietnam’s catfish in Spain, Italy, France and countries where the group has branches.

VietNamNet Bridge - The loss rate in catfish farming has been increasing in recent years, mainly due to environmental damage. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Seafood Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) believes that Vietnam is capable of becoming an important global seafood production base.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese catfish breeders have seen sales drops as Chinese traders are no longer buying oversized fish bred for the big market.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese exporters continue to sell catfish at low prices to maintain their edge as the world's top catfish exporter. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Taking losses in business, wasting money and incurring trillions of dong debts, some ‘seafood kings’ in Mekong River Delta have fallen from their pinnacle of prosperity into insolvency.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has mentioned the possibility of suing the US at the World Trade Organization (WTO) at working sessions with the US side.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s catfish export industry is experiencing stormy days because of strict rules set by the US, which tries to protect its local catfish production.

VietNamNet Bridge - The US plans to impose a technical barrier to restrict the import of fish belonging to the Siluriformes group, including Vietnam’s tra and basa.

The government has approved the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) plan to amend Decree 36/2014/ND-CP to resolve difficulties of management offices, enterprises and farmers in implementing the decree over the past one year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese export companies have seen a sharp fall in export orders recently.

Vietnam had to overcome serious difficulties in the thorny path to bring basa or catfish (Pangasius bocourti), to the US about 10 years ago. Since then, it has faced many lawsuits to retain the market. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Though Vietnam’s catfish is believed to be the best in the world, it has been experiencing difficulties in major export markets like the US and Europe.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is facing a high risk of losing export markets to emerging rivals in Asia who are planning to join the world market.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has insisted on no more than 10 percent of ice and 83 percent of moisture in seafood exports, but businesses have vowed they will fight the regulation.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Catfish exporters, who strongly oppose a newly released decree on catfish export management, say they hope the watchdog agency will rethink its policy. The decree is to take effect on June 20.