Foreign fishing boats fined for violations
HAI PHONG (VNS)— Border guards from Hai Phong City's Naval Group 2 have inspected and seized, and later released, 32 foreign fishing boats with 243 crew members since April that violated Viet Nam's sovereignty.
Most of the cases involved illegal fishing and coal trafficking.
During a five-month crack-down on smuggling and trade fraud, the city's border guards seized 18 domestic ships, one of which was found to be illegally transporting 4,000 tonnes of iron ore to China.-VNS