VietShrimp has always been an engaging forum for shrimp farmers, serving as an effective bridge between farmers and businesses across various sectors. It is a platform for exchanging experiences, learning, and seeking new solutions, products, and technologies. Critical issues in the industry, such as rising production costs, declining shrimp prices, environmental pollution, increasingly severe diseases, and the impact of feed quality under the pressure to reduce costs, will be key topics discussed by speakers. The goal is to find better solutions for the Vietnamese shrimp farming industry.

I have followed the VietShrimp event for the past five years and witnessed the continuous growth of the shrimp farming industry. VietShrimp has not only made a significant impact but also served as a bridge for businesses and students to access advanced and innovative technologies, distinctly different from traditional methods. I hope this event will enable people to learn and apply modern technologies and processes to reduce farming costs and promote sustainable development in the aquaculture sector. The key lies in correctly applying technology to lower production costs and maintain competitiveness in the international market.

VietShrimp is a huge success in that it successfully brought together representatives from the government and public sector research institutions (including Universities), NGOs, and the private sector, in the form of shrimp farmers, feed additive suppliers, equipment suppliers and feed manufacturers under one roof. The papers presented during the technical session were focused on current industry needs, dealing primarily with shrimp diseases and their management/mitigation, and shrimp feeds and feeding; the latter representing the largest operational cost item for shrimp farmers.

Vietshrimp has contributed to the sustainable development of Vietnam's shrimp industry. In particular, Vietshrimp seminars provide an overview of the shrimp industry in Vietnam as well as in the world; producing and supplying shrimp broodstock; nutrition and feed management; environment and disease management; value chain / supply and climate change trends in shrimp production systems. This will give an opportunity for related parties to discuss and find solutions to solve difficulties and challenges.

VietShrimp through two times organization has been very successful. The Directorate of Fisheries is very welcoming the Vietnam Fisheries Association continues to organize Vietshrimp 2020. This will be a forum for enterprises to introduce their products and transfer new technologies to the shrimp industry; as well as strengthening trade promotion; discussing solutions on technology, technical processes, policies, production management to ensure responsible shrimp farming, contributing to promote Vietname shrimp farming to develop effectively and sustainably.