Vietnamese Vice Ambassador Pham Hung Tam speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)Washington DC (VNA) – TheVietnamese Embassy in the US coordinated with the National Fisheries Institute(NFI) of the US to organise an exchange with NFI members in Washington DC onSeptember 17.
The event was held on the occasion of the weekfor policy consultation with the US Congress in the country’s capital city.
Vietnamese Vice Ambassador Pham Hung Tam saidthe event showed the NFI’s attention to enhancing partnership in fisheriestrading with Vietnam.
He noted Vietnam has continually been among thetop 10 fisheries exporters in the world. It has shipped its aquatic products toover 170 countries, with the US remaining the biggest market for many years.
In the first seven months of 2019, the US was among topfour markets of Vietnamese aquatic products, with 802.56 million USD worth ofaquatic products imported from Vietnam, up 1.1 percent from year on year.
For his part, NFI President John Connelly appreciatedthe Vietnamese Embassy and trade office’s organisation of the exchange. He saidevery year, after the summer break of the US Congress, the NFI holds activitiesto meet members of the parliament to reflect the views of fishery businesses soas to help create a policy environment favourable for the development of atransparent fishery market that most benefits society.
Over the last 10 years, the NFI has workedclosely with the Vietnamese Embassy, trade office and enterprises to work onand submit policy proposals to help with the market development. Its membershave also coordinated actively with Vietnamese businesses, thus contributing tothe impressive development of the country’s fisheries sector, he noted.
Connelly added the NFI hopes to remain acompanion to Vietnam to call on the US government to soon recognise Vietnam’stra fish quality management process. It also wishes to continue cooperatingwith Vietnamese agencies and companies in the field of fisheries./.
The event was held on the occasion of the weekfor policy consultation with the US Congress in the country’s capital city.
Vietnamese Vice Ambassador Pham Hung Tam saidthe event showed the NFI’s attention to enhancing partnership in fisheriestrading with Vietnam.
He noted Vietnam has continually been among thetop 10 fisheries exporters in the world. It has shipped its aquatic products toover 170 countries, with the US remaining the biggest market for many years.
In the first seven months of 2019, the US was among topfour markets of Vietnamese aquatic products, with 802.56 million USD worth ofaquatic products imported from Vietnam, up 1.1 percent from year on year.
For his part, NFI President John Connelly appreciatedthe Vietnamese Embassy and trade office’s organisation of the exchange. He saidevery year, after the summer break of the US Congress, the NFI holds activitiesto meet members of the parliament to reflect the views of fishery businesses soas to help create a policy environment favourable for the development of atransparent fishery market that most benefits society.
Over the last 10 years, the NFI has workedclosely with the Vietnamese Embassy, trade office and enterprises to work onand submit policy proposals to help with the market development. Its membershave also coordinated actively with Vietnamese businesses, thus contributing tothe impressive development of the country’s fisheries sector, he noted.
Connelly added the NFI hopes to remain acompanion to Vietnam to call on the US government to soon recognise Vietnam’stra fish quality management process. It also wishes to continue cooperatingwith Vietnamese agencies and companies in the field of fisheries./.
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