Shrimp exports forecast to reach 3.7 billion USD this year

Friday, 30/10/2020 09:46
Vietnam’s shrimp exports are forecast to reach 3.7 billion USD this year, posting an year-on-year increase of 9.8 per cent, fuelled by the Eupean Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) which facilitated export to the EU markets, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) quoted statistics from the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

Vietnam’s shrimp exports to EU increase sharply

Shrimp export to US forecast to rise 20% in 2020

(Illustrative photo: congthuong.vn)


Accounting for 13.8 per cent of the country’s shrimp export value, the EU was the fourth largest shrimp export market of Vietnam, coming after the US, Japan and China.

Despite declines at the start of this year, shrimp exports to the EU saw significant growth in the third quarter, thanks to the impact of the EVFTA which came into effect from the beginning of August, the association said.

According to VNA, in September alone, Vietnam exported shrimp worth USD57.6 million to the EU, representing a rise of 35.4 per cent against September last year.

Besides the EU, exports to other major markets also saw significant increases, such as to the US by 39.6 per cent, China by 22.9 per cent and the UK 54.3 per cent.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam’s shrimp export would continue to increase in the last months of this year due to the low shrimp supply globally, especially from India.

It added that Vietnam’s shrimp export also had advantages from the EVFTA.

Three local universities named among leading global institutions

Three Vietnamese universities have been listed in the global rankings by subject as published by Times Higher Education (THE) on October 28, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) has reported.


The VNU-Hanoi, together with the HUST and VNU-Ho Chi Minh City,
are listed in the global rankings by subject as published by Times Higher Education (THE).

The trio includes the Vietnam National University Hanoi (VNU-Hanoi), the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), and the Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-Ho Chi Minh City).

In terms of the computer science category, VNU-Hanoi is ranked among the leading 501 to 600 establishments, approximately 200 places higher than HUST, which is ranked from 601 to 800, and VNU-Ho Chi Minh City, between 601 and 800.

In the engineering and technology category, VNU-Hanoi finds itself among the world’s best 401 to 500 institutions, while HUST is ranked between 501 and 600, with VNU-Ho Chi Minh City between 601 and 800.

In relation to physical sciences, VNU-Hanoi made it into the rankings from 601 to 800, while HUST and VNU-Ho Chi Minh City are among the leading 801 to 1,000 places.

In September, the three universities became the first in the nation to enter the general Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

This saw Vietnam National University-Hanoi named in the 801 to 1000 group for the fifth consecutive time, while the VNU-Ho Chi Minh City was put in the 1001+ group.

Furthermore, HUST dropped from the 801 to 1,000 group to the 1,001+ group out of a total of 1,527 universities.

According to VOV, the THE 2020 world university rankings are based on a total of 13 indicators such as teaching, research, knowledge transfer, revenue collected from business collaboration, and international outlook.

Typically, the method is slightly adjusted depending on subject, for the rankings by subject.

Hanoi, HCM City to host Israel Film Festival 2020

The Israel Film Festival 2020 will run between November 12 and November 30, with both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City hosting the event, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) has reported.

A poster features the movies shown during the Israel Film Festival 2018.

The occasion will see a total of six movies screened, including “Nhung trai tao noi sa mac”, known as “Apples from the desert” in English, “Bua tiec chia tay”, also known as “The farewell party”, and “Day giay”, “Shoelaces”.

The festival, to be organised at BHD Star Vincom at No. 2 Pham Ngoc Thach street in Hanoi, will take place from November 12 to November 16. In addition, the event will also be held at BHD Star Bitexco on the third and fourth floor of ICON 68 at No. 2 Hai Trieu street in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City between November 26 and November 30.

According to VOV, organised by the embassy of Israel in Vietnam, the function aims to introduce some of the unique characteristics of Israeli culture to local audiences./.

 

 

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