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Authorities, localities, fishermen, and businesses have kept taking measures to fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, striving to get the European Commission (EC)'s “yellow card” warning to be removed soon.

Some developed countries have installed new technical barriers, such as requirements on clean energy and low-carbon production. These are the ‘new rules of the game’ which has put Vietnam in an unequal race.

China’s reopening early this year brings high expectations to Vietnam’s seafood sector, yet difficulties persist, requiring businesses to navigate a way out.

Thanks to better input material supply and the application of a closed production process, tra fish industry is expected to overcome difficulties and become profitable again in the third quarter of this year, according to analysts.

The Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) co-organized a seminar “Norway-Vietnam: Cooperation opportunities in aquaculture and seafood” in the capital city on February 28.

The seafood industry grew rapidly in the third quarter of last year, but there are signs of a slowdown in the fourth quarter and it is expected to continue this year, particularly in large markets.

Authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang have taken a wide range of measures to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as a part of the national efforts to remove the European Commission (EC)’s ‘yellow card’ warning against Vietnam’s seafood exports.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has been asked to develop a 180-day action program to implement EC’s recommendations to lift the IUU (Illegal, unreported, and unregulated) fishing yellow card.

Once falling to a standstill due to the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Vietnam’s seafood exports to Russia are now showing inspiring results.