Seling price is lower than cost price, many Pangasius farmers in Mekong Delta province are slipped into debt, loss, farming stop or narrowing farming area.
Thot Not district is the place where many of the best catfish farmers in Can Tho city gather. But this year, according to Nguyen Huu Tang, Vice Chairman District, fish farming area is just over 436 ha. That means 25% of farming area has been stopped.
Directors of a company in the export of Pangasius and handicraft in My Quy (Long Xuyen City, An Giang Province), said Pangasius is continuous ordered but the company is not dare to sign and if they don’t buy enougth fish, it will be temporarily closed for several months.
TrungDan
Source: Dat Viet Newspaper
Translated by Vietfish Community
Mekong Delta: Farmers stop their farming 
