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| Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Phùng Đức Tiến speaks on the National Conference on Fisheries Science and Technology and Fisheries Surveillance on April 28 in HCM City. — VNS Photo Hồng Linh |
HCM CITY — The National Conference on Fisheries Science and Technology and Fisheries Surveillance has set out suggestions to assist obtain the fisheries sector’s growth targets and orientations for a key science and technology programme for 2026–30 in help of sustainable fisheries improvement, the round financial system and digital transformation.
The convention was held as a part of the primary Vietnam International Exhibition on Fisheries Science and Technology (VinaFis Expo 2026) held on April 28-29 in HCM City, by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment
It featured quite a few shows protecting your entire fisheries worth chain, from seize fisheries and aquaculture, together with seed inventory and animal feed, to logistics, processing and distribution.
The occasion additionally served as a discussion board for dialogue between managers, scientists, companies, native and worldwide organisations, native authorities, and fishing communities.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Phùng Đức Tiến stated regardless of difficult circumstances in 2025, the fisheries sector achieved report output of 9.5 million tonnes and exports of US$11.32 billion.
But there have been additionally difficulties.
Experts stated, for occasion, that few analysis merchandise had reached the market, whereas technology consulting, switch and buying and selling companies remained weak.
There was additionally a bent to favour imported turnkey applied sciences over collaboration with home analysis establishments.
Furthermore, Vietnamese fisheries confronted rising stress in world markets, as excessive aquatic feed consumption, heavy reliance on imported uncooked supplies, and logistics prices of 60–70 per cent of manufacturing prices in some segments weighed on competitiveness.
Pollution brought on by aquaculture remained a critical concern, with illness outbreaks and deteriorating circumstances throughout the Mekong Delta resulting in excessive feed conversion ratios and suppressing growth.
Despite having a monitoring system, the trade had but to successfully apply information to manufacturing.
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| The 2026 National Conference on Fisheries Science and Technology and Fisheries Surveillance brings collectively specialists, home and worldwide organisations and companies to debate proposals for growing the fisheries science and technology worth chain. — VNS Photo Hồng Linh |
Trần Đình Luân, Deputy Director of the Directorate of Fisheries and Fisheries Surveillance, cited different challenges like local weather change, commerce obstacles, ‘yellow card’ warning on unlawful, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, tightening worldwide norms, excessive compliance prices, restricted infrastructure, and threats to fishery sources.
However, he stated Việt Nam’s fisheries sector held appreciable alternatives, drawing on its benefits as a tropical coastal nation with wealthy biodiversity, robust useful resource restoration potential and various aquaculture ecosystems starting from cold-water to offshore marine farming.
The Mekong Delta specifically has nice potential, whereas the nation’s fashionable processing capability is enabling deeper integration into world markets and assembly rising demand.
Resource conservation efforts have been stepped up by means of restocking, harvest controls and maritime patrols, whereas the sector goals to broaden marine protected areas to cowl 6 per cent of its pure sea space by 2030.
Restocking actions and group co-management schemes have been expanded.
Fisheries surveillance forces have been strengthened, sustaining patrols in key maritime zones to forestall violations and fight IUU fishing.
The sector’s strategic route is to shift from production-focused to economy-focused growth, and from a single-value to a multi-value method, selling offshore aquaculture, lowering seize fishing and making certain provide chain transparency.
The sector can also be specializing in reorganising manufacturing alongside worth chains, making use of digital technology to traceability and vessel administration, growing infrastructure, lowering post-harvest losses and enhancing product high quality, alongside strengthening useful resource safety, curbing unlawful fishing and selling sustainable aquaculture fashions.
Among these, climate-adaptive aquaculture fashions got specific consideration, as recirculating aquaculture techniques and biofloc technology may considerably cut back water use, transfer in the direction of zero discharge and decrease manufacturing prices.
Experts additionally shared options for trade improvement, together with changing imported aquaculture breeds with high-yielding home strains tailored to native environmental circumstances to construct self-sufficiency in seed inventory.
They known as for the event of next-generation vaccine manufacturing applied sciences and analysis into organic and nano-based preparations, with the purpose of constructing aquaculture fashions that minimise or get rid of antibiotic use.
They highlighted the significance of good feed and vitamin applied sciences, together with insect-based protein, AI-driven feeding administration and plant-based protein merchandise similar to Empyreal 75, a maize protein focus, to chop feed prices and conversion ratios, boosting aquaculture productiveness.
Experts stated nearer collaboration between scientists, the Government and companies is important to understand Việt Nam’s ambition of changing into a world-leading deep-processing fisheries hub by 2045. — VNS