The south-central province of Binh Dinh is determined to have no local fishing boats violating foreign waters in the next six months before the European Commission (EC) review the “yellow card” against Vietnamese fisheries sector, according to Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Ho Quoc Dung.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese aquatic export revenue to China has recorded impressive growth so far this year, duly contributing to the success of the local fisheries sector.

The planning of fishing ports will be a fulcrum for the sustainable development of the fisheries sector, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien has said.

Vietnam’s fishery sector is preparing for the visit by an EC delegation at the end of this month, during which they will inspect the fight against illegal, unreported and undocumented (IUU) fishing in the Southeast Asian nation.

French-funded projects, including the one on the feasibility study of the construction of a national aquaculture geographic information system (NAGIS), can help Vietnam realise the orientations for the agro-forestry-fisheries chain development towards sustainability.

Although the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the fisheries sector have strived to adjust their management over the fishing activities by fishermen in a bid to remove the "yellow card" warning imposed by the European Commission (EC) over IUU fishing, more efforts are still needed.

Amid the strong growth of the fisheries sector, the preservation and restoration of fisheries resources and the protection of biodiversity have become a focus of the sector and coastal localities towards developing a sustainable, modern and responsible fisheries sector.

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 - Vietnamese exports in January witnessed a surge of 1.6% to US$29 billion in value against the same period last year, with seven groups of commodities earning over US$1 billion each, accounting for 63.3% of total export turnover, according the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnam's aquaculture output is estimated at 4.75 million tonnes this year, rising by some 4.17% from 2020, according to the Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).