At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA) Kien Giang (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will continuecooperating with the High Command of the Coast Guard Region 4 to enhance communicationswork to raise fishermen’s awareness about the fight against the illegal,unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Under a cooperation programme for 2024 and 2025 signed between the provincialParty Committee’s information and education board and the coast guard force ata conference on March 21, both sides will focus on popularising the Party’sguidelines and State’s policies and regulations, agreements that Vietnamhas clinched with competent countries, and Kien Giang’s documents on sea andislands.
Besides, regulations on the protection and sustainable development of aquaticresources, Vietnam’s legitimate rights at sea in accordance with internationallaw and the achievements that the country has carved out to remove theEuropean Union (EC)’s “yellow card” will be brought closer to local people.
They will enhance communication work on the role and potential of sea andislands to the national construction and protection, strategy on sustainabledevelopment of the blue economy in tandem with national defence and security.
In the meantime, the two sides will encourage the coast guard officers toovercome challenges to protect the national sovereignty over sea and islandsand maintain peace and stability in the southwestern waters. They will alsowork to fight against wrongful and hostile views on the East Sea issue and therelationship between Vietnam and relevant countries.
According to head of the information and education board Nguyen Thanh Phong, thecommunication campaign between the two sides has paid off over the past years,helping reduce the number of fishing vessels infringing on foreign waters. In2020, there were 43 violating cases while the figure was brought down to 16 in2023.
Located in the southwestern region, Kien Giang has a coastline of200 kilometres, 143 small and large islands, and a sea area of more than 63,000square kilometres./.
