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Kitchen Gods ceremony a tradition of Tet

January 17, 2020 | 12:03

The Vietnamese traditional New Year (Tet) festival actually begins on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on January 17 this year, with the “Ong Cong - Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ritual.

Use of fish byproducts could lead to higher profits: experts

November 16, 2018 | 15:01

The fisheries sector in Vietnam should use more seafood by-products such as bones, heads and skin to add value to the industry, experts said during an event held between Vietnamese and Norwegian fishery firms on Wednesday in HCM City.

Mass fish death has farmers worried

October 17, 2018 | 16:44

Fish have died en mass in Binh Thanh Commune because farmers were forced to move their raising cages to avoid typhoon, causing a sudden and fatal shock.

Hooking tra fish exports

April 12, 2013 | 11:09

Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) is considering setting a floor export price for tra fish.

Tra industry on the hook

March 19, 2013 | 15:15

Most firms and farmers breeding and processing tra fish for export have incurred capital shortages, but Vietnam Tra Fish Association chairman Nguyen Viet Thang warns the industry could fall into the hands of foreign investors once it was overly opened to foreign investment.

Phu Quoc fish sauce wins Vietnam's first origin recognition from EU

October 28, 2012 | 17:25

Fish sauce from Phu Quoc island has become Vietnam’s first product to qualify for the European Union’s Protected Designation of Origin.

Mekong Delta earns 1.1 billion from tra fish exports

September 15, 2012 | 11:15

The Mekong Delta has exported 377,000 tonnes of tra fish, worth $1.1 billion so far this year, to 133 countries and territories across the world.

1,500 aquarium fish, corals seized at Manila pier

July 14, 2012 | 09:00

Philippine authorities seized some 1,500 live aquarium fish and about 150 live pieces of brain coral at a Manila pier Friday just before they were to be shipped to Japan.

Tra fish processing industry struggles to reach export goal

May 12, 2012 | 11:28

Lack of capital and raw materials are challenges that domestic exporters of tra fish face in hitting the target of $2 billion in export value for this year, according to the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Delta seafood firms, farmers in chain of debts

March 26, 2012 | 16:44

The business cooperation between some seafood processing companies in the Mekong Delta provinces and catfish farmers have turned into a chain of debts, with the processors unable to pay farmers, who in turn also fail to repay the feed suppliers, and so on.