Vietnam Agriculture - Weekly Summary (1 - 7 October 2018)
A weekly summary of agriculture development and production in Vietnam by VietLinh online.
Aquaculture:
After more than 7 years of disappearance, about a week ago, scallop reappeared in the area of O Loan, Phu Yen Province.
Every day, fishermen catch about 1.2 to 1.5 quintals of scallops. On average each fisherman harvests about 7 to 10 kilograms. The scallops have large sizes and weigh about 15 to 20 scallops/kilogram. They are sold at the price of VND20,000/kilogram.
According to fishermen living along the O Loan region, scallops caught in this area have good quality compared to those in other areas. They are delicious, meaty, and easy to cook. The seafood is strongly consumed in the market.
Processing, Import and Export:
After declining steadily since the beginning of the second quarter, seafood export in August 2018 recovered with a slight increase of 2.5%. The export result of September was also positive with an increase of nearly 8%, reaching $847 million. The total seafood export of the country as of the end of the third quarter in 2018 reached $6.42 billion, up 6.4% over the same period last year.
With the current growth rate along with positive factors from the market, seafood export in the fourth quarter of the year is forecasted to be higher than the same period last year. The turnover is expected to reach about $2.5 billion. The industry might end 2018 with the total seafood export sales of $8.9 to 9 billion, up 7% compared to 2017.
Livestock:
Weekly summary (October 1, 2018 – October 7, 2018)
Aquaculture:
After more than 7 years of disappearance, about a week ago, scallop reappeared in the area of O Loan, Phu Yen Province.
Every day, fishermen catch about 1.2 to 1.5 quintals of scallops. On average each fisherman harvests about 7 to 10 kilograms. The scallops have large sizes and weigh about 15 to 20 scallops/kilogram. They are sold at the price of VND20,000/kilogram.
According to fishermen living along the O Loan region, scallops caught in this area have good quality compared to those in other areas. They are delicious, meaty, and easy to cook. The seafood is strongly consumed in the market.
Processing, Import and Export:
After declining steadily since the beginning of the second quarter, seafood export in August 2018 recovered with a slight increase of 2.5%. The export result of September was also positive with an increase of nearly 8%, reaching $847 million. The total seafood export of the country as of the end of the third quarter in 2018 reached $6.42 billion, up 6.4% over the same period last year.
With the current growth rate along with positive factors from the market, seafood export in the fourth quarter of the year is forecasted to be higher than the same period last year. The turnover is expected to reach about $2.5 billion. The industry might end 2018 with the total seafood export sales of $8.9 to 9 billion, up 7% compared to 2017.
Livestock:
On September 26, Vietfarm Co., Ltd. exported 144,000 salted duck eggs to Chen Foods (Australia). After that, Vietfarm will continue to export about 280,000 salted duck eggs per month to Australia.
In order to import this item, the Australian partner requests the Vietnam Department of Animal Health to inspect and provide certifications of the eggs meeting its requirements, such as no Sudan dyes in egg yolks (Sudan dyes can make egg yolks become red). After separating the yolks, salted duck eggs must be steamed and sterilized before putting into vacuum.
This October, Vietfarm will also ship two containers of duck egg yolks to G DAN Pte Ltd. in Singapore.
Vietfarm acknowledges that it has difficulties in maintaining a stable source of ducks and eggs for export because of the limited number of large-scale duck farms. Thus, Vietfarm expresses its wishes to collaborate with many other industrial duck farms to create a better source of products.
Pet, Flowers and Ornamental Plants:
Weekly summary (October 1, 2018 – October 7, 2018)
Aquaculture:
After more than 7 years of disappearance, about a week ago, scallop reappeared in the area of O Loan, Phu Yen Province.
Every day, fishermen catch about 1.2 to 1.5 quintals of scallops. On average each fisherman harvests about 7 to 10 kilograms. The scallops have large sizes and weigh about 15 to 20 scallops/kilogram. They are sold at the price of VND20,000/kilogram.
According to fishermen living along the O Loan region, scallops caught in this area have good quality compared to those in other areas. They are delicious, meaty, and easy to cook. The seafood is strongly consumed in the market.
Processing, Import and Export:
After declining steadily since the beginning of the second quarter, seafood export in August 2018 recovered with a slight increase of 2.5%. The export result of September was also positive with an increase of nearly 8%, reaching $847 million. The total seafood export of the country as of the end of the third quarter in 2018 reached $6.42 billion, up 6.4% over the same period last year.
With the current growth rate along with positive factors from the market, seafood export in the fourth quarter of the year is forecasted to be higher than the same period last year. The turnover is expected to reach about $2.5 billion. The industry might end 2018 with the total seafood export sales of $8.9 to 9 billion, up 7% compared to 2017.
Livestock:
On September 26, Vietfarm Co., Ltd. exported 144,000 salted duck eggs to Chen Foods (Australia). After that, Vietfarm will continue to export about 280,000 salted duck eggs per month to Australia.
In order to import this item, the Australian partner requests the Vietnam Department of Animal Health to inspect and provide certifications of the eggs meeting its requirements, such as no Sudan dyes in egg yolks (Sudan dyes can make egg yolks become red). After separating the yolks, salted duck eggs must be steamed and sterilized before putting into vacuum.
This October, Vietfarm will also ship two containers of duck egg yolks to G DAN Pte Ltd. in Singapore.
Vietfarm acknowledges that it has difficulties in maintaining a stable source of ducks and eggs for export because of the limited number of large-scale duck farms. Thus, Vietfarm expresses its wishes to collaborate with many other industrial duck farms to create a better source of products.
Pet, Flowers and Ornamental Plants:
In the first nine months of 2018, businesses in Ho Chi Minh City produced 137 million ornamental fish. This was an increase of 19.1% over the same period in 2017 (115 million fish).
The export volume of ornamental fish through Tan Son Nhat Airport in the first nine months of the year also reached nearly 15.2 million fish, up 13.99% over the same period in 2017. The export turnover was estimated at $17.3 million, increasing 14.4% over the same period last year.
In the fourth quarter of 2018, Ho Chi Minh City is expected to produce 40 to 45 million ornamental fish. It will export 4.5 to 5 million of them with a value at $5 to 6 million. Thus, for the year of 2018, Ho Chi Minh City is predicted to produce a total of 180 million ornamental fish. The total export of the year can reach 20 to 21 million fish with an export value at $22 to 23 million.
Plantation:
On September 29th afternoon, Ninh Binh Seed Plants Joint Stock Company in collaboration with Dai Thanh Joint Stock Company (Bac Ninh city) organized a demonstration show where an unmanned aircraft was utilized to spray pesticide. The show was held in Khanh Nhac Commune, Yen Khanh District.
This is the first agricultural demonstration show using an unmanned aircraft in Ninh Binh Province.
At the demonstration, Dai Thanh Joint Stock Company used an aircraft number TY 17L to spray pesticide on 2 hectares of rice in about 10 to 15 minutes.
The aircraft held 17 liters of pesticides and sprayed the whole 2 hectares in 10 minutes. It saved 30% of the pesticides, 90% of water, which was 50 times more effective than traditional spraying methods.
Fruits:
Currently, Chau Thanh District, Long An Province has about 8,300 hectares of dragon fruit. Of which, about 6,500 hectares grow red-fleshed dragon fruit. At this time, most of the area is harvested. Although the price of dragon fruit seemed to be high and profitable, it suddenly reduces sharply in the past few days.
The price of red-fleshed dragon fruit was at VND20,000 to 25,000/kilogram in the past. It suddenly dropped to only VND7,000 to 10,000/kilogram for type I this week. Meanwhile, the prices of red-fleshed dragon fruit type II and type III were also reduced to VND2,000 to 3,500/kilogram. The price of white-fleshed dragon fruit fell from VND15,000/kilogram to less than VND3,000/kilogram. Even when they prices are low, there are cases where traders are willing to lose their deposit funds instead of buying the fruits.
Farmers, Agriculture, Countryside:
Ho Chi Minh City has researched and decided to form two more hi-tech agricultural zones, including. One of them is a project building a hi-tech agriculture zone for brackish water aquaculture in Can Gio District. The scale of this project is 89.7 hectares.
Another project is to construct a hi-tech agricultural zone for plantation and post-harvest preservation in Phuoc Vinh An Commune, Cu Chi District. The scale of the second project is 23.3 hectares. In addition, the city will find another suitable location to implement a hi-tech agricultural zone in Cu Chi District.