Khanh Hoa province supports offshore fishing activities

The south central province of Khanh Hoa has provided local fishermen with more than 440 billion VND (19.4 million USD) so far this year to support their offshore fishing activities.
Khanh Hoa province supports offshore fishing activities ảnh 1Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Khanh Hoa (VNA) – The south central province of KhanhHoa has provided local fishermen with more than 440 billion VND (19.4 millionUSD) so far this year to support their offshore fishing activities.

More than 414 billion VND (18.26 million USD) ofthe sum was to cover diesel oil expenses in over 6,370 offshore fishing trips.

Nguyen Thuan, a 37-year-old fisherman of thefisheries trade union in Vinh Tho ward of Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang city, said hehas four fishing trips each of which is provided with 100 million VND (4,400USD) to cover diesel oil costs each year.

The aid is provided under Decision48/2010/QD-TTg, issued by the Government in 2010, on some policies encouragingand supporting offshore fishing and aquaculture.

Other assistance has also been given as in linewith this decision and the Government’s Decree 67/2014/ND-CP on some policiesfor fisheries development.

In particular, Khanh Hoa has supported localfishermen with 450 communication devices worth over 13.1 billion VND (577,700USD) while spending about 5.8 billion VND (255,700 USD) on ship captain andmachine operator training.

Meanwhile 10.3 billion VND (454,100 USD) wasused to support buying insurance for nearly 1,380 boats, and another 2.3billion USD (101,400 USD) was spent to help buy insurance for about 6,900 crewmembers.

Other support includes training courses andformation of fishing teams and fisheries trade unions.

The province is also accelerating the approvalof fishermen’s dossiers seeking concessional loans for building and upgradingfishing boats and logistics vessels under Decree 67/2014/ND-CP.

More than 1,200 of about 10,000 fishing boats inKhanh Hoa do offshore fishing activities at present.-VNA
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