The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Department of Drug Control and Crime Prevention of the Vietnam Border Guard on May 30 held a workshop to launch the “Training Curriculum on Counter-Trafficking and Victim Protection” and to wrap up the project “Frontline training for Border Guards in Border Areas of Vietnam”, funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) of the US Department of State.
The central coastal province of Quang Binh has been actively taking a wide range of measures to prevent illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing within its borders, in a bid to have the European Commission (EC)’s “yellow card” warning against Vietnam’s seafood exports removed.
The Border Guard of the southernmost province of Ca Mau is calling on each ship owner and fisherman to conduct legal and responsible operation, ensure the sustainable development and protect mineral resources at sea, in a bid to have the European Commission (EC)’s “yellow card” warning against Vietnamese seafood removed at an early date.
A Pa Chai border guard station under the Border Guard of northern Dien Bien province and the Border Management Detachment of Jiangcheng, Yunnan province of China, held a meeting at the border marker No.3 on April 25 to inform each other about border management situation and the results of bilateral cooperation since 2022.
The Vietnamese and Lao defence ministries held the third deputy ministerial-level defence policy dialogue in the Lao northern province of Houaphane on March 23.
The central province of Quang Ngai is striving to fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in a bid to have the European Commission (EC)’s “yellow card” warning against Vietnam’s seafood exports lifted.
Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan visited and congratulated the Vietnam Academy of Border Defence Force (VABDF) in Hanoi on February 28, on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of the Traditional Day of Border Guard Force and the 34th anniversary of All-People Border Defence Day (March 3).
Leaders of the Border Guard High Command under the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence and the Cambodian Ministry of Interior's General Department of Immigration held talks in Ho Chi Minh City on February 12, discussing measures to enhance coordination in border protection and management.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 15 visited and examined combat readiness of border guard force in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak ahead of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has recommended that the border guard force in the central province of Quang Binh further promote its effective operation models to foster close ties with local people and better their engagement in the local Party building and poverty reduction work.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the Border Guard High Command in Hanoi on December 18, hailing the force’s achievements which have contributed to Vietnam’s successes in 2022.
A 70kg sea turtle that was accidentally caught in the net of a local fisherman was released back to the sea in the central province of Quang Tri on November 29.
The Vietnam Border Guard High Command held a talks between young Vietnamese and Cambodian border guard officers in the southern province of Kien Giang on November 22-23, as part of their first exchange.
The first seminar between young border defence officers of Vietnam and Laos took place in Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, on November 9.
More than 800 migrant Vietnamese labourers in Cambodia returned to Vietnam through Moc Bai border gate in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh during a short period from October 26 afternoon to October 27 noon.
Ship 302 of Naval Region 3 tugged a fishing vessel in distress of Quang Binh province to the mainland and handed over it authorities of Da Nang city on October 12.
A ship from Naval Region 3 has been towing ashore a fishing ship which was in distress offshore the central province of Quang Binh, according to the provincial Border Guard Command.
Vietnam and Cambodia have saved over 1,000 Vietnamese citizens who have been tricked to work illegally in Cambodia, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang during a regular press conference in Hanoi on September 22.
The Border Guard High Command of southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province said on August 30 that it had received eight Myanmar nationals who had been saved by a Panama-flagged ship at sea.
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