Toan Dao

Contributing Editor reporting from Hanoi, Vietnam

Toan Dao has written about Vietnam’s business community, with a focus on energy and agriculture, for a number of Vietnamese and international outlets for more than 10 years. As a contributing editor for SeafoodSource in Southeast Asia, he also covers other major seafood producers in the region including Indonesia and Thailand.

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February 23, 2022

Bangkok, Thailand-based seafood giant Thai Union saw its sales value and net profit both break records in Q4 2021, despite continued losses from its Red Lobster affiliate, according to its Q4 results report, released 23 February.

The company’s sales value between October and December 2021 surged 15.1 year-on-year to THB 38.5 billion (USD 1.2 billion, EUR 1 billion), the highest quarterly growth in its history. The

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February 23, 2022

Shrimp producers in Thailand have had to rely more on material imports due to continuing issues with diseases affecting the country's domestic farming efforts.

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February 21, 2022

Vietnam boosted its exports of shrimp, tuna, and clam to the European Union in 2021, but its pangasius sales continued on a downward trend, according to data shared by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) …

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February 21, 2022

Vietnam's pangasius output fell in 2021, mainly due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) …

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February 18, 2022

Vietnam’s seafood exports in January 2022 soared 43.3 percent in value to USD 872.5 million (EUR 768.6 million) ... 

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February 17, 2022

The prices of pangasius material in Mekong Delta in Vietnam have surged recently due to rising demand for exports and low domestic supply …

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February 16, 2022

Thai Union, one of the world’s largest seafood companies, has set its sights on further entering the plant-based seafood analog movement, with a view to becoming a leader in the sector, Nikkei has reported.

The Bangkok, Thailand-based company has centered its plant-based product research and development at its Global Innovation Center, which Thai Union expanded in 2016 at a cost of THB 300 million (USD 9.2 million, EUR 8

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February 15, 2022

Soc Trang, Vietnam-based shrimp exporter Fimex (Sao Ta) increased its production and sales in the first month of 2022 following positive results in 2021 ... 

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January 25, 2022

Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will remove quarantine regulations for frozen processed seafood products imported for domestic processing for export purposes ... 

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January 25, 2022

Bangkok, Thailand-based food giant CP Foods (CPF) plans to put an end to its use of coal at its two aquafeed plants in Thailand by the fourth quarter of 2022.

The move is part of its CPF Coal Free 2022 initiative that has been designed to replace coal use in the company’s manufacturing activities in Thailand within 2022 with cleaner energy sources such as biomass, biogas, and solar power, CPF said in a statement on 20 January.

CPF said it

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