Ho Chi Minh City, Sept. 9 -- A team from the Ministry of National Defence's Steering Committee for Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing has checked on measures to prevent IUU fishing in Ho Chi Minh City.

This formed part of a month-long nationwide campaign since August 15 to boost law enforcement and push for the European Commission to lift its "yellow card" warning on Vietnamese seafood exports.

Leading the inspection team, Colonel Bui Yen Tinh, Deputy Director General of the Department of Operations under the Ministry of National Defence, said the nationwide inspections, directly headed by the Ministry of National Defence, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Justice, demonstrate comprehensive co...