Phu Quoc island city, along with other coastal localities in the southern province of Kien Giang, has been concertedly rolling out solutions and exerting great efforts to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang export value in February was estimated at 71 million USD, a rise of 98.6% compared to the previous month and up 63.9% year on year, the provincial Department of Industry and Trade has reported.
The Kien Giang provincial Party Committee and People’s Committee have issued a letter appealing to locals to strongly support the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The southern coastal province of Kien Giang province is focusing on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in 180 days, from December 2022 to May 2023, to contribute to the country’s efforts to have the European Commission (EC)’s ‘yellow card’ warning on Vietnamese seafood removed.
Phu Quoc island in the southern province of Kien Giang, dubbed as the pearl island in the southwestern region of the country, has emerged as a favourite destination for tourists both inside and outside the country.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang strives for industrial production value to reach more than 48.18 trillion VND (2.04 billion USD) this year, a year-on-year increase of 8%.
The southern coastal province of Kien Giang is focusing on addressing shortcoming in its work against illegal, unreported and undocumented (IUU) fishing following the latest recommendations from European Commission (EC) inspectors.
The opening ceremony of Kien Giang’s Khmer culture-sport-tourism festival took place on November 8 on the bank of Cai Lon river in Go Quao district, which houses the largest number of Khmer people in the Mekong Delta province.
Border guards in the Mekong Delta province on October 28 received 67 Vietnamese citizens returning from Cambodia at the Ha Tien International Border Gate.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang hopes to harvest at least 86,000 tonnes of aquatic products from aquaculture from now through year end to take the output for the year to 315,000 tonnes.
In the first ten months of this year, the southern province of Kien Giang earned 677.63 million USD from exports, accounting for 86.88% of the yearly plan, and up 15.12% over the same period last year.
As a three-year pilot programme allowing Vietnamese people to gamble at a casino on Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang is set to finish by the end of this year, the Ministry of Finance has asked for a two-year extension due to the COVID-19 pandemic badly affecting the casino business over the last two years.
Inspectors from the European Commission will visit the southern coastal province of Kien Giang from October 20-25 to check its efforts to tackle illegal, unreported and undocumented (IUU) fishing.
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