In recent years, the development of shrimp farming has
been rapidly improving in the Mekong Delta in south-east
Vietnam. Successful shrimp farming is reliant on management
of the environment as well as good fundamentals such as good
seeds and quality food. Currently, famers monitor the
environmental conditions in the pond manually and
irregularly, mostly according to the farmers' experience which
is time-consuming and costly in terms of manpower. The
monitoring is usually only done when the farmer has
discovered the abnormal condition of the shrimp or when
environmental factors change dramatically. When the
phenomenon occurs, the procedure to help rebalance the
farming environment is usually very complex and expensive.
This causes environmental factors to be monitored
ineffectively.