The Government Office has issued a document announcing Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang's directions made at his recent teleconference with leaders of 13 Mekong Delta localities, requesting more aggressive actions to combat illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing.

VOV.VN - Despite the first five months of the year seeing the export of squid and octopus drop by 13% on-year, exports to the Japanese market hit US$64 million, marking an annual rise of 4%, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Although the aquaculture industry have been facing many challenges, it continues to receive support from the Government, Director in charge of communications of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) Le Hang told Lao dong newspaper.

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.

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.

The south-central coastal provinces of Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan have taken a wide range of measures to prevent illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in a bid to have the European Commission (EC)'s “yellow card” warning against Vietnam's seafood exports removed.

Installing Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) equipment and supervising their operations play an important role in removing the European Commission (EC)’s “yellow card” warning on Vietnamese seafood.