Vietnam's PM urges increased efforts to boost forestry, fishery exports

Netting tra fish in a farm in Bình Thuy District, the Mekong delta city of Can Tho. — VNA/VNS

HANOI (Xinhua): Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for increased efforts to address the challenges faced by the forestry and fishery sectors, including declining demand, intense competition, and fluctuating prices, in order to boost production and exports, local media reported on Friday (April 14).

The forestry and fishery sectors are facing several challenges such as a high dependence on imported raw materials, declining consumer demand in major markets like the United States, European Union, and Japan, and policy changes in various countries, local newspaper Vietnam News reported.