Environment and Climate Change
30 March 2026
Circular economy in fisheries: Perspectives from the shrimp sector
The circular economy in shrimp farming is a strategic approach that enables the Vietnamese shrimp sector to address water pollution issues, reduce emissions, and mitigate the risk of being subject to emission-related taxes in export markets.
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30 March 2026
Low-emission shrimp farming: A green solution for the fisheries sector
[Shrimp Farmers] – The rapid development of shrimp farming has been accompanied by increasing environmental pressure. To address this challenge, the low-emission shrimp farming model is regarded as a sustainable and effective solution. This model not only optimizes productivity but is also environmentally friendly.
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30 March 2026
Current status of environmental monitoring for aquaculture production
After many years of investment and development, the environmental monitoring, warning, and disease prevention network serving aquaculture production has now become relatively comprehensive; the current issue is to enhance the effectiveness of the established monitoring network that has been invested in.
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30 March 2026
Persistent acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis disease in shrimp farming areas
Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis disease spreads rapidly, has a high mortality rate, and has persisted for many years in the shrimp farming areas of Sóc Trăng, causing significant losses.
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30 March 2026
Prevention of five shrimp diseases for which no vaccines or treatments are available
The Department of Animal Health stated that in the first month of 2025, as well as throughout 2024, diseases continued to cause significant losses to farmed shrimp, mainly due to five diseases for which no vaccines or specific treatments are currently available. Therefore, proactive disease prevention is of paramount importance in order to minimize damages.
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30 March 2026
The importance of temperature and salinity in shrimp ponds
For whiteleg shrimp, all water quality parameters are highly important. Any change, whether significant or minor, may cause adverse reactions in shrimp.
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30 March 2026
Drought and salinity intrusion have significantly affected shrimp farming households
Aquaculture production in April 2016 was estimated at 232 thousand tons, a decrease of 2.4% compared to the same period of the previous year; however, the total aquaculture production in the first four months of the year still increased by 0.4% compared to the same period of the previous year, reaching 780 thousand tons.
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6 March 2026
Weather information, salinity levels
Updated Table of Weather Forecasts and Salinity Levels for Farmers’ Reference
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