Space technology development in Việt Nam creates opportunities and challenges

The Government needs to focus on developing human resources for space technologies, experts said.

Việt Nam could lose US$480 million per year due to illegal fishing

As the third largest seafood exporter in the world, Việt Nam's could lose about US$480 million per year if it fails in its fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Sanctions for illegal fishing to be amended to deter violations Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phùng Đức Tiến spoke to Báo điện tử chính phủ (the online newspaper of the Government) about plans to amend a number of policies to put an end to the illegal, unreported, unregulated (IUU) fishing activities

Việt Nam determined to remove EC’s yellow card fishing warning by 2022

Việt Nam is determined to gradually reduce the number of fishing vessels violating regulations on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in order to have the ‘yellow card’ issued by the European Commission (EC) removed by 2022 Deputy Prime Minister, Lê Văn Thành, said Tuesday. 

PM requests tighter information coordination to fight IUU fishing The Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Thursday issued a directive on inter-sectoral coordination between ministries, sectors and the People’s Committees of 28 coastal localities in exchanging and handling information so as to prevent and put an end to illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in foreign waters.

Vietnamese PM meets Indonesian President Joko Widodo ahead of ASEAN summit

Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Friday paid a visit to Indonesian President Joko Widodo as he was visiting the country ahead of the highly-anticipated ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting on Saturday.

Kiên Giang keen to become sea-based economic powerhouse by 2025

Boasting 200km of coastline and 143 islands, the Mekong Delta province of Kiên Giang is striving to branch out its maritime sector and become a sea-based economic powerhouse by 2025.

South-central region makes efforts to combat illegal fishing Local authorities of south-central provinces have taken strong and prompt actions to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in an effort to help local fishery sector remove the formal warning (yellow card) imposed by the European Commission and support farmers to recover from losses.

ASEAN maritime cooperation reaps fruit amidst COVID-19

Maritime cooperation within ASEAN and ASEAN-led mechanisms have reaped significant outcomes across spheres despite COVID-19, heard the 10th ASEAN Maritime Forum (AMF) that was held both in online and in-person formats earlier this week.

China's global fishing dominance

With anywhere from 200,000 to 800,000 boats, some as far afield as Argentina, China is unmatched in the size and reach of its fishing armada. This story takes a look at why and how the Chinese have grown their maritime armada to such size and reach, and the resulting repercussions affecting global food security, ocean health, political stability and the rule of international law.