Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang chaired a teleconference in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 28 to direct the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing; boundary demarcation; prevention and control of crimes, drug and human trafficking, smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods.

VOV.VN - French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son have agreed to continue strengthening exchange visits and meetings at all levels with a view to bringing cooperation between the two countries to new heights in the time ahead.

Without stronger actions to lift the “yellow card” warning, Vietnam may face the “red card” from the European Commission (EC), which means it will be banned from exporting seafood to Europe, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang told a meeting in Hanoi on June 1.

The south central province of Binh Thuan is raising public awareness in the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and the implementation of the 2017 Fisheries Law.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Fisheries Trade Union (VFTU) on May 29 held a communication event aiming to raise awareness of union members on national sovereignty over seas and islands as well as on the prevention and combat of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

VOV.VN - An inspection team from the European Commission (EC) is scheduled to visit Vietnam this October instead of May as planned to inspect the country’s efforts to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

VOV.VN - The Czech Republic considers Vietnam its most important partner in Southeast Asia and wants to ramp up cooperation with Vietnam in all fields, Prime Minister Petr Fiala told his host, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, during their talks in Hanoi on April 21.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always attaches importance to and wishes to strengthen cooperation with Austria, an important member state of the European Union (EU), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Austrian Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Alexander Schallenberg in Hanoi on April 17.

VOV.VN - Vietnam expects Austria to soon ratify the EU – Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) and help remove a yellow card under the illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing regulations of the European Commission against Vietnamese seafood exports to the European Union.

VOV.VN - The coast guard forces of Vietnam and China conducted a joint patrol from April 11 to April 13 on the waters adjacent to the two countries’ delimitation line in the Gulf of Tonkin.