Quang Ninh digitizes shrimp farming, leads Northern Vietnam
Quang Ninh Province has emerged as the top shrimp-producing region in northern Vietnam after implementing a high-tech farming model and expanding digital infrastructure to support traceability and disease control. The shift marks a significant transformation for the province, which had limited shrimp production less than a decade ago.
Once dominated by fragmented extensive farming, Quang Ninh has since focused on two major species including whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) and black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon). Farms applying biofloc systems, IoT-based monitoring, and automated feeding have reported yields of 10 tons per hectare on average, with some reaching 25 to 30 tons.
A key development came in 2017, when Vietnam-Australia Group (Viet Uc) opened a broodstock production center in Dam Ha District. The facility now supplies about two billion post-larvae annually, including cold-tolerant strains that allow winter farming. The province has also promoted closed-loop value chains and farmer-enterprise partnerships to ensure product consistency and income stability.
As of mid-2025, local authorities had issued over 500 aquaculture certificates and assigned digital ID codes to farming sites as part of a broader push for digital transformation. A centralized data system now supports traceability, disease monitoring, and quality control across the sector.
Quang Ninh’s model is seen as a potential blueprint for other northern provinces seeking to modernize aquaculture amid rising global demand and stricter import requirements.
As of June 2025, Quang Ninh Province had a total aquaculture area of 32,000 hectares, according to the Department of Marine Affairs, Islands, and Fisheries Inspection. Shrimp farming made up nearly 25% of this area, with around 2,250 shrimp farms concentrated mainly in coastal districts. For 2025, the province’s agricultural sector aims to produce 175,000 metric tons of seafood, with farmed shrimp expected to account for over 25% of the total output.
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