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Tra Vinh enjoys surge in aquatic product export turnover

Local businesses in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh earned 17.3 million USD from exporting aquatic products in the first half of 2017, an surge of 10.49 million USD against the same period last year.
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Tra Vinh (VNA)– Local businesses in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh earned 17.3 millionUSD from exporting aquatic products in the first half of 2017, an surge of 10.49million USD against the same period last year.

They processed over5,330 tonnes of aquatic product materials for export, including 406 tonnes oftiger prawn and 2,840 tonnes of white-leg shrimp, according to Pham Minh Truyen,Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment.

He also attributed therise in aquatic product export revenue to favourable conditions for shrimpfarming this year, as well as the province’s active prevention of diseases andtechnical support to farmers in shrimp breeding.

As of June 2017, Tra Vinhharvested 11,115 tonnes of white-leg shrimp and over 4,000 tonnes of tigerprawn. With over 24,000 hectares of shrimp farming currently, the provinceexpects an output of over 38,000 tonnes of commercialshrimp.-VNA
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