Rising consumer demand during the peak year-end festive season, coupled with positive signals from several key markets, is paving the way for Viet Nam's seafood exports to gather pace in the final months of 2026.

Viet Nam’s seafood exports in the first seven months of 2026 are estimated at 6.7 billion USD, up around 10.5% year on year. However, the sector is facing a number of bottlenecks related to raw materials, logistics, markets, capital and labour.

Viet Nam's aquatic exports maintained solid momentum in the first half of 2026, with turnover rising 12.8% year-on-year to nearly 5.8 billion USD, according to the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

According to the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), the seafood export turnover during the January-April period was estimated at 3.7 billion USD, up nearly 15% year-on-year.

As global seafood markets adjust to tightening supplies and shifting demand, Viet Nam’s pangasius industry is entering 2026 with cautious optimism, buoyed by improving prospects in key export destinations.

In September alone, the exports earned nearly 991 million USD, rising 7.5% compared to the same month last year.

Seven Vietnamese tra fish (pangasius) exporters have been made exempt from the US anti-dumping duties in the 20th administrative review (POR20), the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has said.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 13 stressed the need to ease difficulties and remove obstacles, especially in terms of market, institutions, and credit capital, for the production, processing and export of forest and aquatic products .