VietNamNet Bridge – Right after buying Big C - the biggest supermarket chain in Viet Nam - for more than US$1 billion, Thai’s Central Group allegedly requested higher rates of discount from Vietnamese suppliers.

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 - Damage to a large brackish-shrimp farming area in the Mekong Delta, caused by prolonged drought and saline intrusion, could cause a shortage of shrimp materials for export.

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 - Though having received orders big enough to ensure jobs until mid-2016, Vietnamese export companies still are not satisfied.

VietNamNet Bridge - Seafood companies are experiencing tough days, but they are still spending big money to take over companies in the same field to prevent their situation from becoming even worse.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has revised down its shrimp export forecast to US$2.9 billion for this year, over US$1 billion lower than last year.

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 - Vietnam’s shrimp exports to the US are now taxed less than one percent, but shrimp exporters are not optimistic about exports.

VietNamNet Bridge - The fisheries industry has fallen into deadlock: shrimp and fish farmers have left ponds idle because of high production costs and low selling prices, while seafood exports are on the decrease.

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

VietNamNet Bridge - The Communist Party Central Economic Committee has proposed building a new development strategy for tra fish (catfish) farming and export, though many policies related to the industries already exist.

VietNamNet Bridge - Viet Nam takes the lead among the world's shrimp supplier community for the highest number of businesses that have been granted four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese seafood exporters have spent a lot of money on programs to control antibiotic residue in exports, but they still face problems in the world market.

VietNamNet Bridge - From 2015, Vietnamese businesses must declare and certify the origin of their export products themselves instead of obtaining C/O (certificate of origin) from management agencies.

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.

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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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 The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors has decided to launch a case against the US Department of Commerce via the US International Trade Commission over its imposition of duties on Vietnam s warm-water shrimp.