Gov’t is determined to fulfill tasks against IUU on schedule
VGP - Viet Nam is committed to ending illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in 2025 and sustainably developing the fisheries sector.
Prime Minister Pham stressed the point while chairing the 23rd meeting of the National Steering Committee for Combating IUU Fishing on November 25 in Ho Chi Minh City.
The session took place as Viet Nam is ramping up efforts against IUU fishing to lift the European Commission's 'yellow card' warning that has hung over its multi-billion-dollar seafood exports for years.
The Government leader stressed that since early November, central localities have been continuously battered by Typhoon Kalmaegi and unprecedented, prolonged heavy rain that exceeded historic levels, causing severe human and material losses and disrupting socio-economic activities. He instructed localities to support residents in repairing damaged homes by November 30, and to rebuild houses or resettle families whose homes collapsed or suffered destruction by January 31, 2026. The leader also stressed the need to ensure environmental sanitation, repair schools, maintain medical services, restore transport, irrigation, water supply, electricity and telecommunications infrastructure, as well as resume production and business activities, particularly in the agricultural sector.
The Prime Minister noted that alongside disaster response and recovery, coastal localities must continue efforts to combat IUU fishing, with the firm resolve to have the EC's "yellow card" warning lifted this year.
He demanded problems and shortcomings, especially those of the EC's special concern, be completely handled, with the positive results built on and effective solutions to underperformed tasks devised.
Pham also assigned specific tasks to ministries, coastal localities, as well as industry associations and businesses to help with nationwide efforts for the benefit of people and the whole nation.
Over the past week, no vessels have been reported infringing or being seized in foreign waters. The settlement of IUU fishing cases has seen further improvement while law enforcement been seriously conducted, particularly when it comes to illegal fishing in foreign waters./.
