Seafood exports have shown signs of rapid recovery over the last few months and could reach 100,000 tonnes worth more than 400 million USD in August according to the Minitry of Industry and Trade.
Shrimp exports have risen especially sharply in the second half of the year after an earlier decline caused by the global economic crisis.
The country exported 19,000 tonnes worth 148 million USD in June alone,up 13.5 percent year-on-year in terms of volume and 3.9 percent in value, according to the Vietnam Association for Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP).
Tra and basa fish exports have also resumed to many markets.
In July, 75,000 tonnes were shipped, the highest monthly export quantity this year. Exports are expected to top 640 million USD during the rest of the year, taking total tea and basafish exports to 1.25 billion USD.
The coming months were expected to be even better, Vietnamese trade offices abroad said , due to the increasing demand for seafood in key export markets.
Japan recently increased shrimp and squid imports due to soaring demand.
Japanese importers buy shrimp mostly from Indonesia and Vietnam because of their low prices.
In the US, demand for clams, tuna and tilapia is rising.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade is urging exporters to stockpile clams and export to the US tuna for and shrimp and squid for shipping to Japan and the EU.
Overall exports in the first seven months have been 632,000 tonnes worth 2.2 billion USD, a year-on-year decrease of 9 percent, according to VASEP./.