Gia Lai has become the first locality in Vietnam to install vessel monitoring systems (VMS) on fishing boats measuring from 12 metres to under 15 metres in length, as part of efforts to have the European Commission’s (EC) “yellow card” warning against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing removed.

VOV.VN - Amid vast stretches of open sea, Bach Long Vi Special Administrative Zone of Hai Phong city, welcomes the Lunar New Year (Tet) in a rhythm both tranquil and vibrant.

VOV.VN -A local fishing boat carrying 15 crew members has sunk at sea, resulting in five people dead or missing, confirmed authorities from Nui Thanh district of central Quang Nam province, on March 21.

VOV.VN - A crew member was found on March 20, while three others remain missing after a fishing boat sank on the afternoon of March 18 off the coast of Nghe An province.

VOV.VN - A fishing boat with four people onboard sank on March 18 afternoon in the central province of Nghe An, leaving four crew unaccounted for.

VOV.VN - Three local sailors were rescued after their fishing boat capsized off Jeju Island, Republic of Korea (RoK), on February 12, the Vietnamese Embassy in the RoK reported.

VOV.VN - The Phu Yen Provincial Border Guard Command reported on February 8 that a Taiwanese fishing vessel with four crew members on aboard had drifted off the local coast.

Five Chinese who are crewmembers of fishing boat CM46799A in distress off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau last month were handed over to the Chinese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on January 8.

VOV.VN - Local fishermen in central localities, including Da Nang, are busy hiring cranes to bring their boats ashore ahead of a major storm which is expected to make landfall by the afternoon of September 19.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has stressed the need to further perfect, manage, and operate the vessel monitoring system (VMS) smoothly and effectively, according to a notice newly issued by the Government’s Office.