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US$2.3m shrimp farm opens in
Vietnam
HANOI - A shrimp
breeding farm capable of producing 250 tonnes of shrimp
for export each year has opened in the southern province
of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
The 40-hectare farm, which
cost US$2.3 million, uses advanced technology that
protects the environment, said Nguyen Dinh Thiet,
chairman of the farm's owner, the Trung Viet NDT Joint
Stock company, a subsidiary of the US-based NTD Group.
Nguyen Quoc Vinh, director of the Trung Viet
shrimp farm, said the shrimp will be bred for export
only and will be sold primarily to the US, Japan, South
Korea and Europe.
"It is hoped the advanced
shrimp breeding technology at the Trung Viet Farm will
be transferred to local farmers so the province's
seafood production and export will increase in the years
to come," Nguyen Minh Tri, director of the Ba Ria-Vung
Tau Fishery Department, said.
The technology,
which uses no harmful chemicals in the production
process, had helped other countries build up their
shrimp breeding industries, he added.
The shrimp
are expected to weigh about 29 grams when fully grown,
and will be harvested three times a year. Production
costs are expected to be lower than usual, with
VND24,500 ($1.58) per kilogram.
Prior to
opening, Trung Viet NDT conducted a shrimp breeding
trial at a 10-hectare farm in Long Dat District in Ba
Ria-Vung Tau province.
The coastal province of
Ba Ria-Vung Tau has 156 kilometers of coastline, 100,000
square kilometers of continental shelf and a vast area,
consisting of the Dinh, Ray and Thi Vai rivers, that
could be used for a large aquaculture industry.
Tri said the province's seafood exports in 2003
were estimated at $110 million, representing 4.5 percent
of Vietnam's total seafood exports.
(Asia
Pulse/VNA)
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