Toan Dao has written about Vietnam’s business community, with a focus on energy and agriculture, for a number of Vietnamese and international outlets for more than 10 years. As a contributing editor for SeafoodSource in Southeast Asia, he also covers other major seafood producers in the region including Indonesia and Thailand.
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Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has expressed a cautious optimism about sales of pangasius in 2022, as challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to face the industry in the new year.
The higher costs of production, and higher export costs coupled to uncertain demand in key markets, are the main obstacles the industry will face this year, according to VASEP General Secretary Truong Dinh
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Thai Union’s subsidiary, i-Tail Corporation Public Company Limited, has established i-Tail Americas, Inc. to take care of its pet food business in the United States, Thai Union said in a statement on 4 January.
i-Tail Corporation will take full ownership of i-Tail Americas, Inc., which will have a registered capital of USD 5 million (EUR 4.4 million). The new company will buy shares of U.S. Pet Nutrition, a distributor of pet food in the
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Trading activities near the inland border gates between Vietnam and China have become tense in recent weeks, after China intensified inspections against Vietnamese goods to curb the COVID-19 contagion …
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Philippines’ top tuna canner Century Pacific Food (CNPF) has acquired Ligo, a local legacy brand of canned sardine and other marine products, CNPF said in a statement on 24 December.
The value of the transaction was not disclosed.
Under the agreement, CNPF will buy Ligo’s assets and intellectual property used for the manufacturing of its product lineup.
Ligo is one of the most popular sardine brands in the Philippines and has
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Pakistan has announced a plan to spend PKR 6 billion (USD 33.6 million, EUR 29.7 million) for developing climate-resilient shrimp farming across the country.
The funds will come from the National Agriculture Emergency Program, Pakistan Fisheries Development Board Director Imdadullah Salar told The Express Tribune on 22 December. FDB is an agency under Pakistan’s Ministry of National Food Security and Research.
The program will involve
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Vietnam’s seafood export value was the highest ever recorded in November, with sales to most of the country’s major markets increasing ...
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The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers has sent a petition to the country’s central government asking for changes in national seafood import quarantine regulations ...
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Karnataka, India-based seafood supply chain platform Captain Fresh has raised USD 40 million (EUR 35.4 million) in its Series B funding round to support its continued growth
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Singapore-based aquaculture-service provider Qian Hu Corporation has signed an agreement to provide an unsecure convertible loan worth SGD 1 million (USD 733,000, EUR 650,000) to AquaEasy, a subsidiary of the Bosch Group ...
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