In recent years, fishermen in Quang Ngai province have actively upgraded and retrofitted large-capacity vessels, applying technical advancements in fisheries operations. As a result, the province’s fisheries sector has continued to make notable progress, with annual catches consistently meeting or exceeding planned targets.
Dong Thap has enforced a strict ban on vessels leaving ports without active VMS connection to ensure transparency and traceability.
Local authorities have strictly prohibited “three-no” fishing vessels — those without registration, technical inspection or licences — from setting sail, while intensifying enforcement against other violations in fishing.
To fully address the EC’s recommendations, the port will strengthen guidance for fishermen on using electronic catch logbooks. This aims to improve management, monitoring, and supervision of catch volumes while ensuring aquatic product traceability in compliance with regulations.
Since 2023, Dong Thap province has reported no cases of fishing vessels infringing foreign waters.
In a bid to have the European Commission's (EC) yellow card warning lifted, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has called on the authorities of coastal provinces and centrally-run cities to enforce stricter administrative penalties, with a focus on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing violations.
A National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee delegation visited Hesse’s Frankfurt am Main and Berlin in Germany, on December 2 and 3, engaging in discussions on educational development, law making, and friendship activities.
The Standing Board of the Party Committee of southern Kien Giang province has called for strengthening the Party's leadership in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, part of a broader national effort to have the “yellow card” warning lifted by the European Commission (EC).
Thanks to strict legal regulations and reform of the fisheries sector, Thailand had its "yellow card" warning lifted by the European Commission (EC) after four years in 2019.
Localities nationwide are actively assisting fishermen in registering, inspecting, and licensing fishing vessels as part of efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and to have the European Commission’s “yellow card” against the fisheries sector removed.
The southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau has carried out drastic measures and exerted efforts to clamp down on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as an inspection team of the European Commission (EC) will visit Vietnam very soon.
Nui Thanh district, boasting the largest offshore fishing fleet in the central province of Quang Nam, is committed to having the "yellow card" warning lifted by the European Commission (EC).
An inspection team from the European Commission (EC) is scheduled to visit Vietnam from May 25 to consider whether the "yellow card" warning against Vietnam’s aquatic products should be lifted.
