(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s fisheries sector has in the past 56 years become a spearhead of the national economy, according to Bui Duc Quy, Head of the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Quy told a Radio the Voice of Vietnam reporter on the 56th anniversary of the Fisheries sector on Wednesday: “Vietnam’s tra fish and shrimp products are shipped to more than 160 countries and territories. Shrimp exports are a hard currency earner, generating jobs for 3 million rural laborers. Aquaculture has grown steadily over the last 10 years. Aquaculture output has increased from 590,000 tons in 2010 to nearly 6 million tons today.”
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| Shrimp exports are Vietnam's hard currency earner. (Photo: VNA) |
Vietnam’s seafood export revenue last year was 8 billion USD, up 50 fold since 1990.
April 1st is now observed as Vietnam’s Traditional Fisheries Day to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh’s visit to Cat Ba fishing village near Hai Phong city in 1959.