Dong Thap, Nov. 5 -- The Dong Thap People's Court, in coordination with the provincial Military Command, the Military Court of Military Region 9, and the Cong Ly (Justice) newspaper, held a mock trial and law dissemination seminar on November 4 to raise public awareness about the combat against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

The mock trial presented a case involving defendant Nguyen Van Dung, owner of two licensed fishing vessels from Gia Thuan commune, Dong Thap province. Driven by profit, Dung conspired with his associate Nguyen Van Hien to illegally cross into a neighbouring country's waters to fish. The pair recruited fishermen, financed the trip, and even removed the vessels' monitoring devices to evade detection...