date:Aug 11, 2014
Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). Shrimp export to the US and the RoK even posted three-digit increases.
In the first half of this year, white-legged shrimp brought home USD1.06 billion, shooting up 133 percent compared to the same period last year.
Shrimp exports for the period almost reached $1.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 62 per cent, and accounted for 49.5 per cent of total export revenues from aquatic products.
Nguyen Huy Dien, deputy head of the Directorate of Fisheries