Hanoi, Feb. 9 -- As Vietnam steps up efforts to have the European Commission (EC)'s "yellow card" warning on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing lifted, adopting digital technology and data-driven management for fishing vessels has become a key solution to strengthen fisheries governance and promote transparency and legality in marine capture activities. The development and synchronous operation of specialised databases and software systems are helping shift fisheries management from manual, fragmented practices to a modern, integrated approach based on digital data. The Department of Fisheries and Fisheries Surveillance has been tasked with building component databases and has so far deployed 12 specialised software system...