An Giang, Aug. 12 -- A peak emulation campaign to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing nationwide was launched in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on August 12, aiming to promptly prevent fishing vessels and fishermen from encroaching foreign waters.

Speaking at the ceremony, Senior Lieutenant General Thai Dai Ngoc, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army and head of the Ministry of National Defence's Steering Committee for IUU Fishing Prevention and Control, said the campaign seeks close coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, the Ministry of Public Security, and local steering committees in coastal provinces to step up legal dissemination, information sharing, fish...