Da Nang (VNA), Feb. 3 -- The European Commission (EC) has acknowledged Vietnam's recent efforts in enhancing the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, as well as its openness to the EC's recommendations, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said on February 3.

At a conference in the central city of Da Nang to make known the outcome of the recent working session with an EC inspection team, the ministry's Vietnam Directorate of Fisheries said the team described Vietnam's legal framework as comprehensive and in line with international standards, but the enforcement remains limited and uneven.

In a fact-finding trip to the southcentral coastal province of Khanh Hoa, the EC lauded the close coordinatio...