Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong shakes hands with European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella. (Photo: VNA) Brussels (VNA) – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong highlighted Vietnam’s determination to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and build a sustainable aquaculture during his recent talks with European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella. In an interview with correspondents from Vietnam News Agency in Brussels, the Minister said after receiving a yellow card warning from the EU for failing to prevent IUU fishing on October 23, 2017, Vietnam has carried out a series of action programmes to tackle the issue. The country has worked out measures to improve its institutional system and include EU recommendations on IUU fishing into the revised Law on Fisheries, Cuong said. After the bill was passed by the … [Read more...] about Vietnam seeks to develop aquaculture sustainably
