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Border guards of Ca Mau province examine a fishing vessel. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – In efforts to persuade the European Commission to lift the “yellow card” warning, localities in the Mekong Delta have been taking strong and concerted measures to eradicate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and help the fisheries sector develop sustainably. In Soc Trang province, the Sub-department of Fisheries said it has coordinated with the provincial Department of Information and Communications to step up checking vessel monitoring systems (VMS) installed on fishing boats and asked VMS suppliers to make timely repair if there are any breakdowns. So far, all fishing vessels over 15m long in Soc Trang have been equipped with smoothly operating VMS. The province’s Border Guard Command has also ordered local border guard posts to intensify the dissemination of the 2017 Law on Fisheries and others to fishermen. As a result, 368 vessels operating in deep-sea … [Read more...] about Localities in Mekong Delta augment efforts against IUU fishing

Customs officials checks the transportation of goods at Huu Nghi International Border Gate via a digital border gate platform. — VNA/VNS Photo Anh Tuan Smart border gate control should be launched to prevent congestion and facilitate cross-border trade in farm products between Viet Nam and China. The proposal was raised at the working session between Viet Nam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and China’s Guangxi Province on Tuesday on measures to promote the trade exchange of farm produce between the two countries. Guangxi was the largest gateway for agricultural exports from Viet Nam to China. Statistics of the China Customs showed that around US$350.4 million worth of agricultural products was imported to China via border gates with Guangxi Province in the first four months of this year, accounting for 19.7 per cent of Viet Nam’s total agricultural exports to China. According to Nanning Customs, the peak harvest seasons for fruits such as durian and mango are … [Read more...] about Smart border gate control proposed to facilitate trade of farm produce with China

Oliveira throws the winner’s crown to the floor on May 27, 2023. Photo from Daron Bartlett’s Twitter The event in the Brazilian city of Cuiabá had a freak ending when Matheus Oliveira took to the stage and threw the winner’s crown to the floor, breaking it into pieces, after his wife was announced as the runner-up, according to the Daily Mail . Becker, the representative of Cuiabá, was hugging Emanuelly Belini, the representative of Várzea Grande and winner of the contest, when Oliveira came to the stage, snatched the crown from the previous winner and hurled it to the floor. After that, he grabbed his partner’s hair and pulled her off stage. Responding to shouts and disapproval from the audience, he picked the crown up from the ground before smashing it a second time. Nathally Becker, contestant and runner-up of Miss Gay Mato Grosso 2023. Photo from Becker's Instagram Contest security guards had to go onto the stage and remove the furious husband. "He … [Read more...] about Man smashes beauty pageant crown after wife comes runner-up