The Department of Agriculture and Environment of Ho Chi Minh City has been instructed to urgently review and handle all pending cases related to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing by February 5.

VOV.VN - Vietnam desires to further strengthen comprehensive, substantive and effective cooperation with the European Union following the upgrading of bilateral relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told European Council President Antonio Costa.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, who heads the National Steering Committee on Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing, has chaired the committee’s 30th meeting during which he called for the improvement of the institutional framework, and strengthened management in the fight against IUU fishing.

Ho Chi Minh City has intensified efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, tightening accountability and calling for the thorough handling of violations as part of efforts to have the European Commission’s “yellow card” warning against Vietnam’s seafood sector lifted.

Gia Lai has been intensifying communications to raise public awareness of the prevention of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU fishing, particularly following the Government's issuance of Decree No. 301/2025/ND-CP that amends and supplements a 2024 decree on administrative penalties in the fisheries sector.

Ho Chi Minh City is intensifying the enforcement of regulations on vessel monitoring system (VMS) installed on fishing vessels, as part of urgent efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

As Vietnam intensifies nationwide efforts to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and secure the removal of the European Commission’s “yellow card” warning on its seafood exports, fishing ports in the southern province of Vinh Long have stepped up management and oversight of fishing activities.

Gia Lai province has intensified efforts to combat IUU fishing by deploying a smart warning system and implementing a series of stringent, coordinated measures to tighten management of its fishing fleet, in line with the Government’s directives to have the European Commission’s “yellow card” against Vietnamese seafood.

Vietnam’s seafood sector will continue to reduce capture fisheries while expanding aquaculture in a sustainable, climate-resilient manner to enhance competitiveness, with a strong focus on shifting from a production mindset to a fisheries economy and from single-value growth to integrated multi-value development.

Since the 28th meeting of the National Steering Committee on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has completed and submitted a report on IUU fishing prevention to the European Commission (EC).