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Vietnam pushes to lift IUU warning

16/10/2025

06:00

By November 15, 2025, Vietnam aims to address four key issues, with the goal of having the yellow card lifted by the end of the year. This is the request recently issued by Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính. Since receiving a “yellow card” from the European Commission in 2017 over illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, Vietnam has consistently worked to meet EC recommendations.

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