(VOVworld) – A two-day seminar on the development of the tuna industry has opened in the central city of Da Nang. The event aimed to review Vietnam’s policies, operation, and management of oceanic tuna fishing. The seminar, which is part of the West Pacific-East Asia Oceanic Fisheries Management Project under the UN Development Program, will pave the way for Vietnam’s membership of the fisheries commission.

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Pham Trong Yen from General Department of Fisheries spoke at the opening session on Tuesday: Admission to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission requires Vietnam to reinforce its legal framework, operation, and management mechanism of tuna fishing. Since 2010 the commission has provided assistance for Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia in capacity building so that Vietnam could win the association membership shortly.