Vietnam recorded $62.3 million in seafood exports to the Middle East, in which UAE occupies $28.8 million in 2008, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). The fisheries export earned the country a spot among the world's top 10 seafood exporters. In line with aims to hit Vietnam's seafood export target of $4 billion this year, VASEP has announced its extensive participation at the upcoming “Sea Food Expo 2009,” the region's only dedicated seafood event, slated on Oct.12-14, 2009 at the Madinat Arena Conference Hall, Madinat Jumeirah. With fisheries export positioned as the nation's fourth largest hard currency earner, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Vietnam has called for closer coordination among regulators and businesses to further improve product quality.
