Biodiesel from fish oil is Vietnamese specialty

Can Tho-based Minh Tu Co. Ltd. has become one of the first private firms in the Mekong Delta to export biodiesel made from tra and basa fish oil to foreign markets. The company won a competitive bid for a long-term contract to ship 200,000 liters of the fuel per month to Singapore. The company is also negotiating on the export of this product to the Japanese market, said its Director, Trinh Minh Tu. As a private business specializing in producing mechanical products, Minh Tu successfully designed and tested a fish oil biodiesel production line with a daily capacity of 50 tons in 2007. The company has also successfully designed and manufactured a biodiesel production line using animal and plant oil and is in negotiations to provide this equipment to Indonesian businesses. (August 13, 2009)