The plan aims to promote sustainable development of fisheries, contributing to ensuring national security as well as regional and international integration while. Accordingly, key tasks to be carried out from now to April, 2018 include approving an ocean fishing project and an offshore fishing planning until 2020 with a vision to 2030. An inter-sectoral working group will be established to direct and co-ordinate actions against IUU fishing, along with a system to examine imported materials for seafood processing. Adjustment will be made to ensure effective operation of a mechanism to trace the origin of domestically exploited seafood.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung urged the National Committee on Climate Change to promptly complete a national action plan on climate change, while chairing the committee’s first session in Hanoi on Jan. 11. PM Dung stressed that Vietnam is one of the countries seriously affected by climate change, especially rising sea levels. Therefore, he requested drastic actions and effective solutions to ensure the country’s sustainable development, since coping with climate change is an urgent national issue. The PM also asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment to complete the Green Growth Strategy Framework for 2011-2020, with a vision to 2050,…... [read more]
NDO - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the National Action Plan on Gender Equality in the 2016-2020 period aiming to successfully implement the National Strategy on Gender Equality in the 2011-2020 period. One of the main points of the plan is to improve the capacity of communications agencies in order to raise public awareness of gender equality and change behaviours towards gender equality.Under the plan, November 15 to December 15 each year has been selected as 'the action month for gender equality and prevention of gender-based violence'. Various activities will be held during the month including building a…... [read more]
(Cinet)- On February 18, Prime Minister issued Decision No. 321/QD - TTg on approving of national action program on tourism in the period 2013 to 2020.Attracting 7 – 7.5 million international tourists and serving 36 – 37 million domestic ones by 2015 are among targets set out in the latest national action programme on tourism. Under the programme approved recently by the Prime Minister, the sector hopes to earn 10 – 11 billion USD from the service. It also sets a target of receiving 10 – 10.5 million foreign visitors and 47 – 48 million domestic travellers by 2020, bringing…... [read more]
The Prime Minister has approved a national action programme on gender equality in the 2016-2020 period, which focuses on spreading various forms of awareness-raising campaigns across the board. Gender equality will be promoted at schools, businesses and industrial parks. Men and boys are encouraged to take part in communication campaigns to eliminate gender imparity. Besides, the "action month for promoting gender equality and preventing gender-based violence" is carried out annually from November 15 to December 15, with focus on building themes and messages and honouring active individuals and organisations. The programme is also to enhance the capacity of elected female…... [read more]
Seafood exporters pledge to combat IUU fishingTrung Chanh CAN THO – Vietnamese seafood processing and exporting companies have committed to combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing after the country got a “yellow card” from the European Commission (EC) over illegal fishing activities. According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), 62 local firms have signed up for the program. They are resolute about buying raw materials only from legal fishing vessels with clear origin and importing only legally caught seafood. They will not buy seafood from fishing vessels operating without a permit, logbook or report in…... [read more]
