Company Timeline

In 1991, recognizing the potential of the seafood processing and exporting industry, the company decided to shift its investment to octopus, rays and frozen sharks. This is seen as a milestone marking the sustainable progress of Mekongfish.In 1991, recognizing the potential of the seafood processing and exporting industry, the company decided to shift its investment to octopus, rays and frozen sharks. This is seen as a milestone marking the sustainable progress of Mekongfish.

In 2002, seizing the high potential of pangasius, the company decided to focus all its resources on this item. On February 26, 2002, Mekong Fisheries Joint Stock Company was established from the equitization of state-owned enterprises and has ever since become a prestigious exporter of frozen pangasius and other fisheries products in both domestic and overseas markets. The initial capital was 20 billion VND, increasing gradually to 81 billion VND in 2008 and 123 billion VND in 2019.

From 2005 to 2009, due to the increasing demand for raw material sources, the company decided to invest in developing farming areas in Tra On and Tam Binh districts, Vinh Long province. Between 2009 and 2012, the two fishing grounds of Dong Hau and Tich Thien went into stable operation. From 2012 till now, the company has operated stably with 2 farming areas to meet more than 50% of the company's output

The initiative in raw materials, stable export market, well-performed financial and risk management; along with effective strategy have contributed to the company’s continuous growth of profit. Through 18 years of development, Mekongfish has won many awards such as "Second-class Labor Order", "Third-class Labor Order", “The Prestigious Export Enterprises in 2006”, “Recognition of Export Performance throughout the year of 2009” , achieve “The best financial leverage index in program of Evaluating Capacity of Business Activities in 2013” and company has successfully completed the assessment program on “Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production” in 2016-2017, Merit of the Ministry of Trade for export achievement in 2002 - 2004 and 2005 - 2007; Gold medal for high quality product in 2004 - 2006...