Catfish sector plans $2b export target in 2018The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has targeted to earn US$2 billion from catfish exports this year, accounting for 31.5 per cent of the fishery industry’s total export value. To meet its targets, Oai said that the industry needs to improve the quality of catfish breeding, besides enlarging export markets. Van further said catfish farms are lacking high-quality catfish breeds, which negatively affects the quantity of fish during the growing process. At the conference, experts also expressed their concern about the importing of Vietnamese catfish via a small-scale by Chinese buyers. According to Vo Dong Duc, director of Caseamex, it is troubling that China has recently imported a substantial amount of Vietnamese catfish via a small-scale.