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.

Published on
May 19, 2022

Thai Union European subsidiary Européenne De La Mer has sold the assets of a smoked salmon factory in Dąbrowa Chełmińska, Poland.

Européenne De La Mer supplies salmon and smoked fish products for European market. The buyer of the assets is Polish firm Dobry Pracownik, Thai Union said on 18 May. Under the deal finalized on 13 May, Dobry Pracownik will buy the physical assets of the facility, including land, buildings, and

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May 19, 2022

Bangkok, Thailand-based food giant CP Foods has reported a growth in its total sales over the first three months of 2022, with revenue from its aquaculture operations rising significantly ... 

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May 13, 2022

Entobel has secured USD 30 million (EUR 28.8 million) in investment in its latest funding round and has formed a new partnership with Adisseo ... 

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May 10, 2022

Pangasius prices are at their highest-ever levels, with U.S. importers paying an average of USD 4.50 (EUR 4.30) per kilogram for Vietnamese pangasius in the first quarter of 2022 ... 

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May 9, 2022

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has refused shipments from Nekkanti Sea Foods and other shrimp exporters after finding they contained banned antibiotics ... 

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May 9, 2022

Record first-quarter sales weren’t enough for Thai Union to overcome pandemic and supply chain strains, and the company posted a drop in its net profit in its Q1 results.

Thai Union reported its net profit in the period spanning January to March was THB 1.7 billion (USD 49.1 million, EUR 46.7 million), down 3.2 percent from the same period last year. The company attributed the decline to the “ongoing impacts of the pandemic and

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May 9, 2022

Thai Union has announced the appointments of new chairman, vice chairman, and director following an insider trading scandal.

In a 9 May meeting, the board of directors of the Bangkok, Thailand-based seafood company appointed President and CEO Thiraphong Chansiri to be the chairman of the board, Thai Union announced in a note to The Stock Exchange of Thailand.

Kirati Assakul, an independent director, will become the vice chairman of the

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Published on
May 6, 2022

Thai Union Ingredients (TUI), a subsidiary of Thai Union, has put into operation a new omega-3 oil facility in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, and is looking for research and development partners for the facility ... 

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May 6, 2022

Amsterdam, the Netherlands-based food and beverage firm JDE Peet’s has issued a comprehensive new animal welfare policy, instituted stricter fish-welfare standards across the company’s global supply chain ... 

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May 3, 2022

Vietnam’s exports of squid and octopus increased in Q1 2022 as demand from its major markets rose. Vietnam exported USD 156 million (EUR 145.9 million) worth of squid and octopus in the first quarter of the year ... 

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