Safe, sustainable and regulated fishing
On August 1, the Government held a meeting of the National Steering Committee on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU).
Comrade Tran Hong Ha - Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the National Steering Committee on IUU chaired at the central bridge. At the Nghe An bridge, Comrade Nguyen Van De - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired.
After nearly 8 years of combating IUU fishing, Vietnam has completed its legal framework and developed a set of documents that meet the country's practical requirements and are consistent with the recommendations of the European Commission (EC). Currently, more than 82,000 fishing vessels have been registered and their information has been updated on the national fisheries database for monitoring and inspection.
In the first 6 months of 2025, the number of fishing vessels that lost connection to the Vehicle Monitoring System (VMS) for more than 6 hours without reporting their location decreased sharply compared to the same period in 2024. Preventing illegal fishing vessels in foreign waters - one of the prerequisites for the EC to remove the yellow card warning - has also been gradually resolved.
Speaking at the conference, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van De said that as of July 28, 2025, Nghe An province had more than 2,600 fishing vessels subject to registration and 100% of them had been registered.
The total number of fishing vessels that have installed voyage monitoring equipment is 99.23%. 100% of Nghe An fishing vessels have marked their fishing vessels when completing registration procedures, being inspected, and being granted fishing licenses according to regulations. Along with that, the functional forces of Nghe An province have also punished many cases of fishing vessels losing VMS connection at sea and fishing in the wrong area.
In order to exploit aquatic products safely, sustainably and in accordance with regulations, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha emphasized that in the coming time, ministries, branches and localities will launch a peak period to mobilize resources for propaganda; Synchronously deploy solutions to prevent and not let fishing vessels illegally exploit seafood in foreign waters; Along with that, focus on operating and effectively using the VMS system to monitor, detect, warn, and promptly notify fishing vessels that lose VMS connection, exceed permitted fishing boundaries at sea; Effectively organize and deploy the traceability system for exploited aquatic products at all fishing ports.
