Vietnamese Danish Aquaculture Technolgy Excellence Center (VIDATEC) er navnet på et koncept og senere hen forhåbentlig også navnet på et fysisk center. De danske virksomheder bag konceptet har benyttet Aquacircle som platform til initiativet, som gennemføres i et samarbejde med DIBD (Dansk Industris Business Development). Virksomhederne har gennemført fase I, som var en beskrivelse af muligheder og udfordringer for gennemførsel. Ambassaden i Hanoi har ydet en uvurderlig støtte til fase I. AquaCircle ser frem til et lige så frugtbart samarbejde i en kommende fase II, der netop opnået støtte fra DANIDA. Det drejer sig om gennemførsel af en økonomisk analyse (feasibility study). Hvis denne falder positivt ud vil virksomhederne bag konceptet sandsynligvis være klar til at præsentere konceptet under Kronprinseparrets besøg i Vietnam ultimo november.
Vietnam is the world's third largest fish
exporter, with an aquaculture sector employing roughly 670.000 people,
thus making this sector a key ingredient in Vietnam's rapid economic
growth. Despite its success and high growth rates, the Vietnamese
aquaculture sector is currently facing a number of substantial
challenges, which threaten its otherwise bright future. One such
challenge is the increasing demand from export markets for high quality,
safe and clean aquatic products, as exemplified by a recent agreement
between the Vietnamese government and the World Wide Fund for Nature
(WWF), which stipulates that 50% of all pangasius farms will have to
comply with international standards by 2015. Requirements the Vietnamese
sector will not be able to meet unless it receives a long waited
upgrading of equipment, processes and know-how.
In order to help the sector meet these challenges, a number of leading
Danish aquaculture technology companies have joined forces and developed
the idea of a Vietnamese-Danish Aquaculture Technology Excellence Centre
(VIDATEC), which aims to become a Danish-Vietnamese platform for
advancing new aquaculture technology, practices and training, with a
focus on increasing the quality of Vietnamese seafood production. The project is innovative due to the novel idea of developing a joint
platform between Danish and Vietnamese partners, with the aim of
furthering the capacity of the Vietnamese aquaculture sector. Moreover,
in line with a larger trend within the Danish business community, as
well as the ambitions of the Danish Government and DANIDA, the project
has a strong CSR focus and sector development approach. As a first step on the way to achieving the goals of the project, a
feasibility study will be conducted by leading Danish aquaculture
companies and Vietnam Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), which
will include an assessment of the expected spill-over effects for the
local community, including thousands of fish farmers in the Mekong Delta
area. 
Foto: Jesper Heldbo
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