Maruha Nichiro-owned Seafood Connection hired Chau Minh Dat as its new commercial director for its Ho Chi Minh City office in Vietnam on the back of an increase in trade activities in Vietnam and other southeast Asian countries.
Chau Minh Dat is the former vice general director of Hoang Long Seafood.
Seacon Vietnam has a key position in the region and is coordinating the export of several seafood products from Europe to the Asian market, it said.
"It’s obvious that with the new free trade agreement with the EU and considering the ambitions of Seafood Connection in Vietnam, we will further develop this market," said Jiro Yokota, new business development director at the company.
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