With its vast water surface area and supportive policy direction, developing aquaculture in reservoirs is emerging as a breakthrough approach. It is expected to generate around 16 trillion VND annually by 2030 and provide sustainable livelihoods for more than 80,000 workers across localities.

Aquaculture continues to play a strategic role in Viet Nam’s fisheries sector, making a significant contribution to production growth, exports, and the livelihoods of millions of people. However, as the scale of aquaculture expands, pressure on the environment also increases.

In the context of increasingly complex developments in the East Sea/South China Sea, communication campaigns to protect maritime and island sovereignty linked to fisheries exploitation have been carried out in a coordinated manner. These efforts have helped raise fishermen’s awareness, reduce violations, and lay the groundwork for sustainable fisheries development.

In recent times, the entire political system, from the central level to local authorities, has taken concerted action and resolutely declared a fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, with the highest sense of responsibility and determination.