Viet Nam’s seaports handled an estimated more than 689 million tonnes of cargo this year, up 4 per cent annually, reported the Viet Nam Maritime Administration.
The number of non-performing loans had been on the rise among recipients under a Government directive (Decision 67/2014/NĐ-CP) to support Vietnamese fishermen to build or upgrade their fishing vessels.
Offshore fishing vessels have been told to closely follow Vietnamese and international fishing regulations to help remove the European Commission''s yellow card – a warning given to nations at risk of being deemed uncooperative in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU)...
The Directorate of Fisheries (DoF) has proposed the government use the medium-term public investment budget for the 2016-20 period to upgrade fisheries ports to meet European Commision requirements.
Viet Nam has been actively working to implement the European Commission (EC)’s recommendations since it announced a yellow card on Vietnamese fisheries on October 23 last year.
Cai Lan International Container Terminal (CICT) announced the launch of a new route for container vessels ACS Cai Lan connecting India, Malaysia, Singapore, Viet Nam, China and the Republic of Korea on Tuesday.
The national one-door customs mechanism was officially launched at ports
in five localities, namely Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Da Nang, HCM City and
Ba Ria-Vung Tau, on May 6.
The maritime sector is leaving no stone unturned in efforts to reduce
the number of Vietnamese vessels detained at foreign ports and thereby
take Viet Nam off international maritime blacklists.
A shortage of locks used to anchor fishing vessels in the coastal areas
of central Thua Thien-Hue Province worries fishermen and local
authorities as the rainy season nears.
The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) plans to
release a credit package with attractive interest rates to help
fishermen build iron vessels for offshore fishing.
Vietnamese earth-observing satellite, VNRedSat-1, has not yet detected
any unusual images in the south-west of Tho Chu Island where the
Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 is suspected to have gone missing.
The Ministry of Transport has resumed a project to build a new canal in
southern Tra Vinh Province to make it navigable for vessels of up to
10,000 tonnes.