VOV.VN - The world’s football governing body FIFA has imposed a fine of CHF6,000, equivalent to US$6,475, on the Vietnamese national squad after six of the players were given a yellow card in their recent match against Saudi Arabia.

Agriculture, farmers, and rural areas have made important contributions in various aspects to stabilising macroeconomics, ensuring major balances, sustaining growth, and boosting economic recovery in 2021 when the economy faces serious COVID-19-induced impacts.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien has asked the Directorate of Fisheries to pool all possible resources and take synchronous measures to soon remove “yellow card” warning on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau is working hard to deal with shortcomings and limitations as recommended by the European Commission (EC), relating to the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked Vietnamese ambassadors to European nations to further popularize Vietnam as a safe destination for travel and investment cooperation, during a meeting in Paris on November 4.

Over the past four years, the Vietnamese Government, associations and businesses in the fishery sector have made efforts to carry out recommendations of the European Commission and have its "yellow card" warning against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing lifted.

Coastal cities and provinces have been requested to review, amend and supplement their plans on implementing measures against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in line with their specific situation, towards the goal of ending violations of foreign waters by fishermen late this year.

Vietnam’s fishermen, businesses and government have joined hands in implementing fishing regulations, in a bid to have the European Commission (EC)’s illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing “yellow card” removed.

VOV.VN - “COVID-19 green cards” have now been applied in many supermarkets across Ho Chi Minh City on the first day of easing social distancing measures, with the aim to curb the spread of the pandemic whilst simultaneously opening up the local economy.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is striving to end illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) in 2021, as part of the country’s common efforts for the European Commission’s removal of the “yellow card” on Vietnamese fisheries sector.