This result shows the great efforts of businesses, farmers and management agencies in maintaining production, expanding markets and adapting to global trade fluctuations.
But behind that growth figure, there are also many issues related to the supply chain that need to be thoroughly recognized.
Previously, a business with quality products and reasonable selling prices had many opportunities to win the market. But now, quality is only a necessary condition, the sufficient condition is that the entire chain from breeds, farming areas, feed, processing, testing, traceability, transportation, customs clearance to delivery must operate smoothly, stably and effectively.
Just one link encountering problems, the competitive advantage may be lost. Because in the international market, customers before deciding to buy a product, they will assess the stability of supply, timely delivery capacity, transparency of the production process and capacity to meet increasingly strict standards.
Looking at the results of seafood exports in the first 6 months of the year, it can be seen that Vietnam has made important progress. Proactively developing raw material areas, expanding farming areas to meet international standards, increasing the proportion of deep processed products or promoting digital transformation... to strengthen each link in the supply chain to create long-term competitiveness.
However, a fluctuation in international transport may make businesses increase costs by tens of billions of VND, when removing trade barriers still faces many difficulties or when traceability is not yet uniform between localities, which shows that the strength of our supply chain is still not really complete.
These are links that require synchronous coordination between the State, localities, industry associations and the business community.
In the context of global trade increasingly posing new requirements, the advantages in labor or raw materials are gradually narrowing. Therefore, what helps Vietnamese goods stand firm will be the capacity of the entire supply chain, where all links operate effectively and support each other.
The export target of more than 12 billion USD of the seafood industry this year is completely grounded for expectations. But this figure is only truly meaningful if it comes with a more efficient production chain, more competitive costs and better resilience to fluctuations in the world market.
Creating high growth and maintaining the upward momentum over many years, in an increasingly fierce competitive environment, is the real measure of a strong export industry.
