Socialist Republic of Vietnam

1. Varieties of Vietnamese Catfish are grown mostly in the aquaculture farms along the famous Mekong River in the Southern part of Vietnam. For years Vietnam has been conducting a program of monitoring of possible harmful substances in Basa Boucorti and Basa Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam. The program has been accepted by both EU and US FDA. In November 2000, a delegation of catfish farmers and processors of CFA and Auburn University