At a conference in Da Nang city to make public the outcome of a working session with an EC inspection team, the ministry’s Vietnam Directorate of Fisheries said the team described Vietnam’s legal framework as comprehensive and in line with international standards, when they had a working session with Vietnamese authority last October.

The EC lauded the close coordination among relevant agencies in IUU combat, the directorate said and asked localities to keep a close watch on fleets of vessels and their legal enforcement, and origin tracing of seafood in line with regulations.