An Giang Province-based Sao Mai Group's seafood processing factory (Photo: VNA) In the last two weeks, more than 100 enterprises and co-operatives in theMekong Delta city of Can Tho have registered to resume operations.
This city has a plan to restore production according to three stages. Of which,an enterprise will restore production for 30 percent of workers in the firststage. This number of workers will increase to 40-50 percent in the secondstage and to more than 50 percent in the third stage. The enterprise willreturn to normal operation after already having safe production activities atthose three stages.
Nguyen Van Hao, chairman of the Can Tho Business Association, said that theGovernment and local authorities should have policies on continuing torestructure loans, delay payment for debts and provide loans for enterprises tomaintain production and business.
In addition, local authorities and the health departments need to prioritisevaccination for workers to ensure disease prevention, maintain production andreduce difficulties for businesses. At the same time, they should permit theimplementation of a new production model to replace the "three-on-site"model.
According to the Department of Planning and Investment of Can Tho city, duringthe period of social distancing, more than 95 percent of enterprises in thecity have temporarily suspended operations. Of which, about 70 percent areagricultural and seafood production and trading enterprises.
Nguyen Van Do, director of the Department of Industry and Trade of Ca Mau province,said the seafood sector was still growing. For shrimp products alone, the totaloutput reached more than 142,800 tonnes in the first eight months, an increaseof 8.1 percent over the same period last year.
Total processed shrimp output was 115,000 tonnes, up 13.6 percent year on year.
The total seafood export turnover was 652 million USD, up 17.6 percent over thesame period in 2020.
Secretary of the Soc Trang provincial Party Committee Lam Van Man said atpresent, the disease was under control so shrimp production and consumption atenterprises and farming households in the province gradually stabilised.
Soc Trang has 20 seafood export enterprises, including the five largest shrimpprocessing and exporting enterprises that account for 75 percent of seafoodexport value.
This province now is one of the largest seafood exporters nationwide with atotal value of 600 million USD, accounting for about 12 percent of the nationalseafood export turnover. Of which, shrimp exports accounted for 94 percent witha value of 535 million USD.
According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the total export value ofthe whole Mekong Delta region was estimated at 9.5 billion USD in the firsteight months, up 8.8 percent over the same period last year. The region's keyexport products include rice, pangasius and shrimp.
Meanwhile, Kien Giang province’s export value was estimated at nearly 510 millionUSD in the first eight months of the year, up 8.6 percent over the same periodin 2020. Major products such as rice, frozen shrimp, squid and frozen octopushave witnessed export growth.
An Giang province's export value also rose by 2 percent year on year to 615.47million USD in the first eight months with export growth in some keycommodities such as rice, frozen seafood and frozen vegetables./.
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