Do Duy Khanh, First Secretary at the Vietnam Trade Office in India, speaks at the workshop (Photo: VNA)At the event, Khanh highlighted that India and Vietnam are two world leading seafood producers and exporters with favourable climate conditions, denseriver systems and long coastlines.
Vietnam now ranks fourth among the importers of Indian aquatic products, with a turnover of 280 million USD per year, mostly spent on shrimp,tuna, grouper, mackerel, and scad.
As such, Vietnam and India as well as Madhya Pradesh state hold great potential for cooperation in the fisheryfield in trade, investment, and research and training.
Head of the Madhya Pradesh Department of Fisheries ShriTulsiram Silawat said that his state is implementing a new fisheries policyaiming at boosting the output and exports, and improving the lives offishermen.
He said the state administration is working to raise thefish production, with a goal of 30,000 tonnes of fish next year from thecurrent 20,000 tonnes.
Apart from representatives from Vietnam, the workshop alsoattracted the participation of those from Japan, Mauritius and Nepal, andaround 200 representatives from fisheries businesses of the Indian state./.
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