Vietnam seafood exports are expected to reach a value of $9 billion (€7.8 billion) in 2018, an increase of 7 percent compared with the year prior, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

With the current export growth and favorable factors from foreign markets, the country’s seafood exports in the fourth quarter of this year are expected to rake in higher export value than during the same period last year, when exports were worth $2.5