Processing shrimp for exports (Photo: VNA)
Canada is the sixth largest buyer of Vietnamese shrimp, accounting for 5.7 per cent of Vietnam’s shrimp exports.
According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers, shrimp exports to Canada as of mid-May had reached 54.7 million USD, a 32 percent rise year-on-year, following steady increases since 2016, aside from a slight dip last year.
Canada has been buying a large number of warm-water shrimp from Southeast Asian countries, as supply of coldwater shrimp has been falling. Purchases of processed shrimp products are also rising among Canadian consumers, especially for white-leg shrimp, reported VNA.
The association said that Canada is diversifying its markets and lowering its dependency on the US. Vietnam is among the countries with which Canadian businesses would like to do business.
Vietnam sees no locally-infected cases of COVID-19 for 70 days
According to the Ministry of Health, no new COVID-19 infections were recorded in Vietnam on June 25th, marking the 70 straight day without community transmission, while the total number of infections rose to 352 after three more cases returning from Kuwait were confirmed one day earlier. 212 imported cases that were quarantined upon arrival.
Vietnam sees 9,437 people who had close contact with patients or were in pandemic-hit areas now under medical monitoring or quarantine.
The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau is to have 686 more foreign experts working locally soon, the provincial Health Department revealed at a recent meeting of the local steering committee for COVID-19 control and prevention.
Some 270 of these will be quarantined at non-fee facilities, while 196 will attend fee-charging facilities. The remainder, who work for the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), will be quarantined once on their ships.
The province earlier welcomed 254 foreign experts, who were sent to fee-charging facilities.
10,000 masks sent to help Vietnamese in Cyprus fight COVID-19
A total of 10,000 face masks gifted by the government of Vietnam have been recently handed over to Vietnamese expats living in Cyprus by Honourary Consul-General to the European country Georgio Christophides.
A total of 10,000 face masks gifted by the government of Vietnam have been recently handed over to Vietnamese expats living in Cyprus by Honourary Consul-General to the European country Georgio Christophides.
Head of the management board of the Vietnamese community in Cyprus Nguyen Duc Manh thanked the government of Vietnam for its attention to Vietnamese people in Cyprus.
He also expressed his appreciation towards the supports given by the Vietnamese Embassy in Italy and Cyprus, saying it has provided information for and protection of the Vietnamese people during the COVID-19 pandemic and helped them become more connected./.