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
June 1, 2022

Sheng Long Bio-Tech International, a subsidiary of China’s Guangdong Haid Group, has put into operation a new aquafeed plant in southern Vietnam ... 

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June 1, 2022

Two provinces in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, An Giang and Dong Thap, are looking to collaborate on a joint project to develop pangasius fingerlings.

An Giang and Dong Thap are adjacent provinces in Vietnam's primary pangasius-production area. The governments of the two provinces want to turn two islets – Vinh Hoa in An Giang, and Chinh Sach in Dong Thap – into a hub for production of pangasius fingerlings, the

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Published on
May 31, 2022

Vietnam’s tuna exports jumped in April 2022, led by a surge in demand from the United States ... 

Photo courtesy of Tran Thi Hai

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Published on
May 31, 2022

Singapore-based Barramundi Group plans to start raising funds for its barramundi-farming expansion project in Australia in the third quarter of 2022 …

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May 30, 2022

The value of pangasius exports from Vietnam grew to its highest level thus far in 2022 in April, as sales to key markets continued to increase …

Photo courtesy of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and

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May 27, 2022

Bangladesh has decided to expand a program to test whether it is feasible to grow vannamei in the country, after a successful trial last year. I

n April 2022, Bangladesh’s Fisheries Department granted permission to four more companies in the country’s Chattogram region to cultivate vannamei on a trial basis …

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Published on
May 25, 2022

Vietnam boosted the value of its shrimp exports to a five-year high in the first four months of 2022 …

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May 25, 2022

Russia has granted permission for two pangasius exporters from Vietnam to enter the markets of an economic bloc led by Russia ... 

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Published on
May 19, 2022

Thai Union has invested CAD 10 million (USD 7.8 million, EUR 7.4 million) in Canadian microalgae producer Mara Renewables Corporation.

Thai Union’s investment is part of Mara Renewables’ latest funding round, which brought in CAD 39.5 million (USD 30.8 million, EUR 29.3 million) for the company to use to “accelerate the expansion of Mara’s proven portfolio of micro-algal products and unique innovation," it said.

Following

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May 19, 2022

The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has given approval for another six companies from Vietnam to export their pangasius products to the United States ... 

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