Many fishermen in the southern coastal province of Khanh Hoa have set out to sea to get the tuna season during the Tet Holiday period.
At the Hon Ro Fish Port in Nha Trang City on the first days of January, 2021, many boats are preparing for fishing trips to the Spratly Islands and DK1 Rigs.
Their trips are expected to last about 20 days.
According to the fishermen, although Tet is coming, they don't want to miss the tuna season. They are bringing some Tet foods including Chung cakes, pork, chicken and beer to welcome the Lunar New Year at sea.
"My boat has stayed idle for some months and now it's a good time to earn some money," said a fisherman, Duong Van Quang.
A week earlier, many boats in Nha Trang returned with big catches of tuna. It was estimated that each boat caught between 1.5-2.5 tonnes of tuna.
The prices of tuna have increased recently to VND115,000-VND120,000 (USD5-USD5.20) per kilo thanks to higher demand from the US and Europe. This has encouraged more local fishermen to get out to the sea.
A statistic from the Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee said that the total seafood output reached 110 trillion tonnes in 2020, an increase of 1.3 percent against 2019's figure.
