First VN Seafood Festival held
VGP – The First Việt Nam Seafood Festival was opened on April 24 in the southern city of Cần Thơ to honor the domestic seafood branch and create cooperative opportunities for farmers, fishermen, processors and exporters at home and abroad.
Addressing
the festival’s opening ceremony, PM Dũng said that seafood plays an important
role in foodstuff production and life of Vietnamese people, and that Vietnamese
seafood is now available in 160 countries and territories. With over 3,200 km
of coastlines and many ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams, Việt
PM Dũng also
said that the country can expand aquaculture areas and increase productivity,
cut production costs, lower prices and improve product quality. The local
seafood industry is still weak in terms of equipment, logistics, aquaculture techniques,
and production, he noted.
The PM
proposed relevant sectors, localities and raisers nationwide to focus on
intensifying the application of scientific and technological advances in
seafood production and processing.
The
festival, taking place from April 24 to 27, consists of 20 major events,
including seminars on raising seafood quality and policies on sustainable seafood
development, fairs, gastronomy festivals and seafood-related contests.
Representatives from nearly 30 cities and provinces attended the festival.