Up until about a decade ago, the fledging oyster industry along the north-eastern coast of Vietnam in the provinces of Thai Binh and Nam Dinh had virtually zero production, say local officials.
Then, under the guidance of a team of Australian shellfish experts headed by Dr Wayne O'Connor from the Port Stephens Fisheries Institute in New South Wales all that began to change.
Within four short years, 2007-2010, production really began to take off, surging to roughly 2,000 metric tons per annum largely due to improvements at the ...