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Ornamental fish exporters struggling to revive

Though Vietnam has risen to one of the world’s top 20 ornamental fish exporters, the sector is still struggling to recover post-pandemic due to rising shipping costs.

Vietnam's odd jobs: smelling jackfruit for a living, cooking salt

Jackfruit 'smellers' help merchants find delicious jackfruit to collect, and salt cooks help turn raw unclean grains of salt into white clean salt. These are a few of the interesting jobs in Vietnam few people know about.

Creativity helps fish farmer gain success, help his peers

Thanks to advanced science and technology, Tong Huu Chau, an owner of a fish farm in HCM City’s District 12, has built a brand for his ornamental fish and his products have been exported to the US and EU.

Vietnam’s ornamental fish swimming in foreign-made tanks

According to the HCMC Fisheries Sub-department, 16.25 million ornamental fish were exported in the first 10 months of 2017, an increase of 14.5 percent compared with the same period last year.

Saigon fish farmers raking in koi profits

 Farmers in Binh Chanh District, HCM City, are farming ornamental Japanese koi fish and Japanese carp following an incentive programme launched by the city recently.

New trend of pet keeping

 VietNamNet Bridge – Normally, people keep ornamental fish and birds as pets but recently, raising ornamental chickens has become trendy.

Arowana now in aquaria of the rich

Breeding arowana, which is considered the king ornamental fish, is now in fashion among the rich. 

“Ghost” fish – new fashion

VietNamNet Bridge – The exotic fish species which has the see-through body is now a favorite of Vietnamese ornamental fish breeders. They call the fish as “ghost fish.”