Vietnam’s tuna exports to the US reached $487 million. The country’s total tuna export value to the world reached a record high of more than $1 billion

Vietnam’s tuna exports have increased significantly over the past year, topping 1 billion USD in Vietnam’s total global tuna exports and setting a record high of USD 487 million for exports to the US. At the moment, the US represents more than one-third of Vietnam’s total tuna export revenue, making it the country’s top market for tuna exports.

Tômtex- a company owned by a Vietnamese turns seafood shells and coffee grounds into garment leather

Tômtex, a flexible bio-material created by Vietnamese designer Uyen Tran from seafood waste, is a substitute to leather that can be embossed with a variety of designs. The word “Tôm” in its name, which in Vietnamese means “shrimp,” alludes to the leftover food that is combined with coffee grounds to make the textile.