The shrimp industry of Vietnam has developed rapidly and became in important sector in socio-conomics of the country. Most recent data show that shrimp farming accounts for 655,156 ha of farm which produce 487,960 MT annually. Mekong Delta is the main shrimp producing area where 90% of production farm are loocated and 60% of the country's shrimp are produced. Shrimp farming system are highly diversify which improved-extensive, intigrated mangrove-shrimp, rotation rice-shrimp, and intensive shrimp farming systems. Recently, white leg shrimp is dominantly use for intensive system, white leg shrimp is still the main species for the other system. Shrimp hatcheries have been decreasing in number but increasing in scale, with a total of 1715 hatcheries producing 67 billion postlarvae in 2012. Shrimp sees production and shrimp processing sectors are also very dynamic with different local and region investors. Certification along the production chain is one of important trends the industry. To address several issues and emerging proplems, and to contribute more significantly to the socio-economic development, a stratergic plan for sustainable development of shrimp industry to the year 2020 and vision for year 2030 have been issued by the government for implementation.