Norway shared its experience in applying advanced technology for aquaculture farming and processing at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on November 14 (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – Norway, the world’s leading seafood exporter, sharedits experience in applying advanced technology for aquaculture farming andprocessing at a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 14.
Harald Naevdal, trade counsellor at the Norwegian Embassy in Vietnam, said thatalong with using high technologies and a modern management system, Norway haspaid due attention to seeking markets for its seafood.
Norwegian enterprises are willing to share their experience with Vietnam sothat the country can develop its aquaculture sector sustainably, he noticed.
Tran Dinh Luan, Deputy Director General of the Directorate of Fisheries underthe Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that despite Vietnam isalways in the world’s top countries in terms of aquaculture cultivation, thecountry has yet fully tapped the sector’s potential.
He hoped that exchanging information and experience with Norway will helpVietnam promote effective aquaculture farming.
Else Marie Stenvik Djupevag from the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheriesunderlined that in Norway, various production and cultivating areas are zonedoff based on environmental evaluation to reduce risks for aquaculturedevelopment.
Meanwhile, Oyvind Fylling-Jensen, Managing Director of the Norwegian Instituteof Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, stressed that bio-tech should bedeployed in breeding, genetic and nutrition research, which will bringefficiency in aquaculture farming and processing chain.
Last year, Vietnam had 1.3 million hectares of aquaculture farming areas withtotal productivity of 3.65 million tonnes. Key importers of Vietnamese seafoodare the US, the EU, the Republic of Korea, and Japan.-VNA
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