President Truong Tan Sang has asked authorities of central Khanh Hoaprovince and relevant agencies to thoroughly survey local fisheryreserves and fishing capacity to avoid rushing into building offshorefishing ships resulting in wastefulness.
During his fact-findingtour of Khanh Hoa on December 27, he said the province also has to baseon the local situation to carry out suitable assistance policiestargeting fishermen and timely ride out hindrance.
PresidentTruong Tan Sang visited the ship yard of the Nha Trang University’sInstitute for Ship Research and Manufacturing, which is building anumber of composite fishing ships for fishermen in the region.
Fisherman Tran Van Phat and officials of the provincial Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development said newly-issued fisheries policieshave brought hope to fishermen. However, obstacles still exist,especially in the implementation of Decree 67 as only few can accesspreferential bank loans for building fishing vessels.
The leaderwelcomed feedback on shipbuilding assistance policies and the increaseof law enforcement forces at sea, adding that several countries withadvanced fishing industry are helping Vietnam improve its fishing andproduct preservation techniques.
Once local seafood meets quality standards, their product value will increase considerably, he noted.
Meanwhile,the leader also told local agencies to carefully test functions ofcomposite ships constructed using Japanese technology so as to find outmodels most appropriate to fishermen in terms of prices, function,capacity, fuel consumption, and product preservation.
The sameday, he visited fisherman Tran Van Dat, who owns two tuna fishingvessels, in Thanh Dat village, Phuoc Dong communes, and toured the HonRo fishing port, which is being upgraded and expected to be a tunaauction centre and one of the five key fisheries facilities of Vietnam.
TheGovernment’s Decree 67, taking effect from August 25, provides a full,systematic and synchronous set of basic policies to encourage fishermenbuild high-capacity, iron-covered ships capable of fishing offshore, apractice that could earn fishermen higher incomes, and at the same timecontribute to protecting the country’s territorial waters.
TheMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development has decided that as manyas 2,079 new off-shore fishing ships and 205 logistics ships will bebuilt under the Decree.-VNA
During his fact-findingtour of Khanh Hoa on December 27, he said the province also has to baseon the local situation to carry out suitable assistance policiestargeting fishermen and timely ride out hindrance.
PresidentTruong Tan Sang visited the ship yard of the Nha Trang University’sInstitute for Ship Research and Manufacturing, which is building anumber of composite fishing ships for fishermen in the region.
Fisherman Tran Van Phat and officials of the provincial Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development said newly-issued fisheries policieshave brought hope to fishermen. However, obstacles still exist,especially in the implementation of Decree 67 as only few can accesspreferential bank loans for building fishing vessels.
The leaderwelcomed feedback on shipbuilding assistance policies and the increaseof law enforcement forces at sea, adding that several countries withadvanced fishing industry are helping Vietnam improve its fishing andproduct preservation techniques.
Once local seafood meets quality standards, their product value will increase considerably, he noted.
Meanwhile,the leader also told local agencies to carefully test functions ofcomposite ships constructed using Japanese technology so as to find outmodels most appropriate to fishermen in terms of prices, function,capacity, fuel consumption, and product preservation.
The sameday, he visited fisherman Tran Van Dat, who owns two tuna fishingvessels, in Thanh Dat village, Phuoc Dong communes, and toured the HonRo fishing port, which is being upgraded and expected to be a tunaauction centre and one of the five key fisheries facilities of Vietnam.
TheGovernment’s Decree 67, taking effect from August 25, provides a full,systematic and synchronous set of basic policies to encourage fishermenbuild high-capacity, iron-covered ships capable of fishing offshore, apractice that could earn fishermen higher incomes, and at the same timecontribute to protecting the country’s territorial waters.
TheMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development has decided that as manyas 2,079 new off-shore fishing ships and 205 logistics ships will bebuilt under the Decree.-VNA
