The EC's Director for International Ocean Governance and Sustainable Fisheries Fernando Andresen Guimaraes acknowledged Vietnam’s remarkable progress over the past eight years, citing advances such as the national fisheries database (VNFishbase), electronic catch documentation and traceability (eCDT), and near-universal installation of vessel monitoring systems (VMS).
The Deputy PM urged the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to collect feedback from committee members to finalise the report and submit it to the EC by December 31, 2025.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has reported significant progress in tackling illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, with no cases of local fishing vessels encroaching on foreign waters since August 2024.
Fishing ports in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau continue to employ the electronic catch documentation and traceability system (eCDT) in vessel control to keep a close eye on fishing activities in the region.
To have the European Commission (EC)’s “yellow card” removed for Vietnamese seafood, relevant agencies and localities must handle vessels with disconnected vessel monitoring systems (VMS), Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang said on August 7.
The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has directed local agencies and administrations to carry out urgent task and solutions to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing until September.
Round-the-clock inspections have helped the central coastal province of Quang Tri make significant progress in its fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau has undertaken various initiatives to monitor the “3 Nos” that constitute violations for fishing vessels (no registration, no examination, no licence), local authorities have said.
The People's Committee of the southern province of Ben Tre has issued a plan to implement the Party Central Committee Secretariat’s Directive No. 32-CT/TW dated April 10, 2024, on strengthening the Party's leadership and direction on the combat against illegal, unreported, unregulated (IUU) fishing and the sustainable development of the fisheries sector, so as to create a change in public awareness of the role and importance of these works.
Vietnam’s 28 coastal localities are continuing to strengthen the efforts they have taken in the recent five years to prevent and combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing at a hope to put an end to all related violations by the end of March this year.