Vietnam are planning to expand the area for aquaculture in the Cuu Long (Mekong) River Delta to 830,000 hectares, to increase production to nearly three million tonnes of product per year by 2015 according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The industry expects to reach export revenue of US$4.5 billion (€ 3.3 billion) by 2015.
The key species being bred in the Delta are sugpo prawn, white-leg shrimp, tra (pangasius), tilapia, slams, butterfish, featherback, goby, sweet snail and abalone. For each province to meet the targets, there will have to be a re-organisation of its seafood production system in co-operatives and associations.
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