Four coastal provinces have completed the installation of vessel monitoring systems (VMS) equipment on all fishing boats with a length of 15m and more, according to the Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 19 received the outgoing ambassadors of Oman and the Czech Republic who came to bid farewell to the president.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son held phone talks with his Czech counterpart Jan Lipavsky on July 15, saying Vietnam seeks to promote its relations with traditional friends, including the Czech Republic – one of the country’s priority partners in the Central Eastern Europe.

The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh has made significant progress in accomplishing recommendations made by the European Commission (EC) on Vietnamese seafood as part of its efforts to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

VOV.VN - The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy has taken note of Vietnam’s proposal to soon remove the “yellow card” warning on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue expects Greece to support Vietnam in boosting ties with the EU during a reception for visiting Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou in Hanoi on May 18.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Italian counterpart Mario Draghi expressed their delight at the recent strides in the strategic partnership between the two countries during their phone talks on April 20.

Installing vessel monitoring systems (VMS) is one of the important measures the European Commission (EC) recommended for Vietnam to remove the EC’s “yellow card” warning against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Vietnam will further intensify the long-term efforts that it has made over the past more than four years to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing for a sustainable fisheries sector and the lifting of the European Commission's "yellow card" warning on the country.

VOV.VN - Free trade plays an essential role in promoting economic growth in the post-pandemic period, particularly as it will help to reposition Vietnamese relations with the 27 member states of the European Union (EU), reports Dau Tu (Investment) newspaper.