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Hannah Nguyen There are only a few days left before the European Commission (EC)’s fourth on-site inspection in Vietnam over the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. In the effort to lift the IUU yellow card, the most crucial prerequisite was to put an end to the situation of fishing vessels violating the exploitation of seafood in foreign waters. However, the task remained challenging, VNS reported. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has announced that with relentless efforts to curb the illegal fishing by Vietnamese fishing vessels in foreign waters, Vietnam’s fishery sector hoped that the removal of its yellow card warning for IUU fishing will happen this year. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien made the statement on September 29 during a virtual conference with 28 coastal cities and provinces and relevant agencies and units, regarding preparations for the EC inspection team for the fourth time. T...

Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Council Nguyen Van Dung (sixth, from left) receives Jan Bartosek (fifth, from left), Vice Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic on May 25. Photo: VNA Ho Chi Minh City always pays attention to promoting trade and investment cooperation with the Czech Republic, said Nguyen Van Dung, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Council when receiving Jan Bartosek, Vice Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, in the southern city on May 25, VNA reported. Dung said that the city welcomes and is willing to create favorable conditions for Czech businesses to invest and do long-term business in the city. HCM City also wants to welcome more Czech tourists in the coming time and boost cooperation with the Czech Republic in education and training of high-quality human resources for the future development of the city, he said. Bartosek expressed his delight at the strong de...

This was the first Vietnamese teaching course at the university after a 15-year hiatus. The girl, named Ton Nu Tuong Vy, has traveled to 36 countries and territories worldwide to learn about the education, culture, and daily life of local residents. Different reasons to love Vietnamese The Vietnamese language course at UNC was organized in the framework of the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant program, which lasts for nine months. As it was an optional subject, students channeled great effort into their studies. In Vy’s class, there were mainly Vietnamese Americans, together with two native students with various reasons to learn Vietnamese. One of them had a Vietnamese friend and wanted to understand her friend better.  Another student’s grandmother is Vietnamese but she could not understand what her grandmother said. Due to her love for her late grandmother, she wanted to learn Vietnamese as a way to connect with her origin. “Although she is a unique stude...