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Vietnam and China on May 8 jointly released aquatic resources into the Tonkin Gulf at the border gate of the cross-border Bac Luan (Beilun) River in Dongxing city.

Aquaculture output in the first four months of the year hit 1 million tonnes, up 6 percent from the same time last year, according to the Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

A working delegation from the European Commission’s (EC) Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries will visit Vietnam from May 16 to 23.

April 23, 2018 marked the deadline of the six-month period given to Vietnam to improve performance in preventing IUU fishing under the European Commission (EC)’s yellow card warning.

The export turnover of tra fish is expected to reach 2 – 2.2 billion USD in 2018, making up 31.5 percent of the fishery industry’s total export value.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers has proposed urgent measures to tackle the European Commission’s IUU yellow card in March.

The Prime Minister has recently granted approval for a national action plan to prevent, mitigate and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing until 2025.

The Directorate of Fisheries has set a seafood export value of 9 billion USD for 2018, as heard at a conference held on January 16 by the sector to set out its 2018 tasks.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Directorate of Fisheries has said it will strive to earn an export value of aquatic products of 8.5 billion USD this year, up 1.2 percent annually.

The price of tra fish in the Mekong Delta has risen to its highest price over the last 20 years, leading to high profits for local farmers.

The Directorate of Fisheries (DoF) held a national conference in Da Nang on December 15 to push urgent measures to counter the EC’s “yellow card” on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

A national conference on co-management in protecting fishery resources between the State and community took place in the central province of Binh Thuan on December 9.

Regulations on co-management of aquatic resource protection and management of marine protected areas in Vietnam were discussed at a workshop in Hanoi on November 22.

An exhibition displaying maps and documents on Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos is underway at the Fisheries Resources Surveillance under the Directorate of Fisheries in Hanoi.

The Directorate of Fisheries held a press conference in Hanoi on October 25 regarding the European Union (EU)’s issuance of yellow card warning to Vietnam over its fisheries exploitation.

The total investment for the offshore fishing industry for the 2018-2030 period is projected to reach 42.2 trillion VND (1.87 billion USD).

A tra fish and Vietnamese seafood product fair will be held from October 6-8 at the Agricultural Exhibition Centre in Hanoi’s Cau Giay district.

Nearly 120 domestic and foreign fisheries firms will join the Vietnam Aquaculture Expo & Forum in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho from October 25-27.

The fisheries sector needs to clear barriers for tra fish in the US, the European Union (EU) and China, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam.

Mekong delta localities sought to achieve sustainable development for Tra fish farming in Vietnam at a conference in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on June 23.