Kien Giang, Nov. 3 -- The Coast Guard Region 4 Command has reported the consecutive detection and arrest of two fishing vessels illegally storing and transporting vessel monitoring system (VMS) devices belonging to other boats in the southwestern waters.

At around 4:00 on November 2, a task force of Coast Guard Region 4, in coordination with the An Thoi Port Border Guard Station and the An Giang Border Guard, inspected fishing vessel KG-31397-TS (under 15 m long), captained by Luu Thanh Phong from An Thoi ward, Phu Quoc special zone, An Giang province. The team discovered one VMS device on board that belongs to another vessel, coded KG-92827-TS.

About 20 minutes later, the task force inspected another unregistered fishing boat of simila...