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HCM City (VNA) - Removing the European Commission (EC)’s illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing “yellow card” is not easy and cannot be done overnight, but the Vietnamese business community and associations are still determined to do, not only to meet EU requirements, but also for the sake of sustainable fishery development. The message was delivered by leading officials of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) at a workshop evaluating the three-year implementation of the “Vietnam Marine Product Companies Commit to Combat IUU Fishing” programme in Ho Chi Minh City on October 31. VASEP statistics showed that the “yellow card” has made Vietnam’s seafood exports to the EU decrease continuously since 2018. The country’s export turnover of seafood declined by 6 percent in 2018, 15 percent in 2019, and 13 percent in the first nine months of this year. From the second biggest importer of … [Read more...] about Vietnam determined to remove EC’s IUU fishing warning

Exporters must also follow the rules of origin (RO) and engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainable development and environmental protection, said Thanh, who spoke at a conference on Vietanmese farm produce exports to the EU under the EVFTA organised last week in HCM City. … [Read more...] about Viet Nam continues reform as part of EVFTA deal

Meanwhile, experts, when commenting about Vinafood 2’s operation after the equitization, said the corporation is like ‘old wine in a new bottle’, i.e. though Vinafood 2 has been equitized and operating as a joint stock company, it is still has a high state ownership ratio. … [Read more...] about SOE equitization: state takes loss, and investors lose money