Heavy rains, spreading diseases harming Vietnam's shrimp output

Heavy rain, along with the spread of shrimp diseases, have caused damage to more than 1,530 hectares of shrimp farming area in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh in the first seven months of 2022.

This accounted for more than 6 percent of Tra Vinh’s total farming area, which raises both vannamei and black tiger shrimp. As a result of the rains and disease, 3,790 farmers in the province recorded a collective loss of around …

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