VietNamNet Bridge – Analysts say that Vietnamese catfish exporters are willing to ‘fight to the death’, but they refuse to band together to discuss solutions to settle common problems.
Duong Ngoc Minh, called the Catfish King, chair of Hung Vuong JSC, deputy chair of VASEP (Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers ) and chair of the Fresh Water Fish Committee, was absent at the annual conference of VASEP which took place on August 28 in HCMC.
A VASEP report showed that Minh did not come to all the meetings of the Fresh Water Fish Committee and did not give opinions about solutions to help settle the problems of the catfish industry. The VASEP Office also found it difficult to contact Minh when necessary.
| While rivals have been following well-organized campaigns to fight against Vietnamese catfish, Vietnam has reacted weakly |
At the conference, Truong Thi Le Khanh, chair of Vinh Hoan Seafood JSC, was introduced as the new chair of the Fresh Water Fish Committee.
Khanh recalled the days in 1989, when one importer, receiving the first consignment, admitted that it was the best white-meat fish consignment from anywhere in the world it had received.
After a long period of hot development, Vietnam’s catfish now has a poor reputation and faces trade barriers. Tiếp tục đọc “Catfish exporters need to unite as exports face trade barriers”
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