Ho Chi Minh City, March 4 -- The People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has approved a plan to lease devices monitoring around 480 fishing boats that are not yet eligible for operation, aiming to strengthen management and prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Under the plan, the municipal government agreed in principle with a proposal from the Department of Agriculture and Environment to lease IT equipment to monitor fishing vessels lacking sufficient legal documentation or safety equipment.

The department has been tasked with coordinating with the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Finance, coastal communes and wards, and the Con Dao Special Zone to select suitable monitoring equipment. The dev...