date:Dec 27, 2012
The shrimp crop is coming to an end, so output is falling. However, the demand for shrimp among processors is surging, but supply by shrimp-exporting countries is running short, sending domestic shrimp prices up.
Nguyen Van Thanh, a farmer with a 3,000-square-meter shrimp farm in Tien Giangs Tan Phu Dong District, said: Tiger prawns raised in my farm have reached the grade of 30 units per kilo with an estimated output of over 1.5 tons.
On Thursday, traders offered a price of VND220,000 a kil