date:Aug 08, 2012
d to cost about VND6 trillion ($285 million). The aim is to catch 2.4 million tonnes of various kinds of fish species a year by 2020.
In addition, the country's output of aquatic species reached 1.65 million tonnes in the first seven months of the year, an increase of 5.8 per cent year-on-year, according to the ministry.
Of the output, tra fish, one of the major fish exports from the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, accounted for more than 635,400 tonnes.
About 6,000 ha is under tra fish cultivation