As Vietnam intensifies nationwide efforts to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and secure the removal of the European Commission’s “yellow card” warning on its seafood exports, fishing ports in the southern province of Vinh Long have stepped up management and oversight of fishing activities.

Vietnam’s seafood sector will continue to reduce capture fisheries while expanding aquaculture in a sustainable, climate-resilient manner to enhance competitiveness, with a strong focus on shifting from a production mindset to a fisheries economy and from single-value growth to integrated multi-value development.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s seafood exports hit more than US$11.3 billion, marking a 13% increase from 2024, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

VOV.VN - Over the past two years, Vietnamese seafood has increasingly met demand in Singapore, with import values rising steadily.

Local authorities and relevant forces in the central city of Da Nang are stepping up efforts to tighten the management of fishing vessels as part of the locality’s push to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and have the European Commission’s yellow card against Vietnamese seafood exports removed.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s seafood export turnover is projected to achieve around US$2.19 billion in the fourth quarter, a decline of more than 22% year on year, mainly due to the 20% reciprocal tax and the potential anti-dumping duties on shrimp exports to the US.

Vietnam’s fisheries industry is optimistic about reaching its export target of US$10 billion in 2025, buoyed by a 15.5% rise in export revenue over the first nine months of this year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered resolute combat against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) practices to secure the European Commission's removal of the yellow card against Vietnamese seafood exports this year.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s seafood exports to the Indian market recorded a significant surge in the first seven months of 2025, making the country the second largest seafood supplier to India by volume.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese seafood exports continued to gain ground in Singapore in the first half of 2025, with strong trade figures temporarily pushing Vietnam ahead of Norway to become the city-island state’s third-largest seafood supplier, after Malaysia and Indonesia.