The European Commission began its 5th inspection in Vietnam to assess progress in implementing the EC’s recommendations on ...

Over the years, coastal authorities in Da Nang have intensified efforts to educate fishermen about regulations, particularly the need to avoid illegal fishing in foreign waters. Local administrations ...

Across the square from the Catholic church in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, Merrilee and I put our feet on a low wall and the owner of the shop brought us egg coffees. We were early and the city awoke around ...

Dong Thap province currently has 1,510 registered fishing vessels engaged in fisheries exploitation. To date, 100% of active vessels have been registered, inspected, licensed and properly marked in ...

Eight years after the EC (European Commission) issued its "yellow card" warning over Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, Vietnam's entire political system is executing comprehensive ...

The Vietnamese government has issued an urgent telegram mandating nationwide mobilization ahead of a March inspection by the ...

DA NANG, Vietnam (AP) — Bui Van Phong faced a choice when the Vietnam War ended 50 years ago: Stay in his small village, helping his parents carry on the family’s centuries-old tradition of making ...

In keeping with their reputation as a nation that can overcome all obstacles, Vietnam is rebuilding its aging fishing fleet. With a government program of soft loans, designated Decree 67/ND-CP, ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has seized a Vietnam-flagged vessel suspected of conducting illegal fishing activities in the North Natuna Sea Fisheries ...

Plastic pollution, largely from Asia, chokes the world’s oceans. A mat of plastic garbage fouls a boat propeller in the Mekong River Delta near Can Tho, Vietnam. Some 60 percent of the plastic that ...

Fishing boats take shelter in Da Nang city, Vietnam on Nov. 10, 2013. Credit: AP Photo/Hau Dinh The South China Sea Probing Initiative (SCSPI) a project of the Peking University Institute of Ocean ...