Vietnam has improved the fishery industry to meet requirements on the European Commission's illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing prevention after receiving the "yellow card" warning from the EC five years ago. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien, spoke to Vietnam News Agency about this issue.

Greater efforts are needed to promptly detect, prevent, handle violations related to illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, especially acts of brokerage to bring Vietnamese fishing vessels to foreign waters for illegal fishing, an official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Directorate of Fisheries has said.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam to pay a state visit to Indonesia from December 21-23 at the invitation of Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón on the sidelines of the ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit marking 45 years of diplomatic ties in Brussels, Belgium, on December 14.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held talks with his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte in The Hague on December 12, affirming his determination to join hands with the Netherlands in promoting the two countries’ comprehensive partnership.

With its potential, advantages and opportunities, the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu would promote green, rapid, sustainable socio-economic development, especially high-tech agriculture, renewable energy, trade, services and tourism, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at a working session with local leaders on December 4.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with the media after their talks in Hanoi on November 13 afternoon.

In a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency, Associate Professor Nguyen Chu Hoi, deputy to the 15th National Assembly and Permanent Vice Chairman of Vietnam Fishery Association talks about the progress and further solutions for Vietnam to end illegal, unreported and undocumented fishing.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh affirmed Vietnam’s all-out efforts to fight and eradicate illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing while meeting with an inspection delegation of the European Commission (EC) in Hanoi on October 28.

By 2025, Vietnam will prevent, deter and eliminate all illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities so as to lift the “yellow card” imposed by the European Commission on the country’s seafood industry, according to the Scheme on IUU fishing prevention and control through 2025 approved by the Prime Minister under Decision 1077/QD-TTg.