Accordingly, Phu Vang, Phu Loc districts, Hue city and Huong Tra township will receive VND 25.97 billion, VND 9.75 billion, VND 425 million, and VND 350 million, respectively, to encourage and support aquaculture and offshore fishing.
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The province now has 40 ships built under Decree 67. Photo: VOV |
This is the second time the province has disbursed to assist local fishermen in line with the Government’s Decree 67/2014/ND-CP on policies for fishery development (Decree 67).
The provincial authorities have requested localities to manage and use the money for the right purposes and contents prescribed in the inter-ministerial Circular No.16/2012/ TTLT-BNN-BQP-BTC dated on April 11, 2012 by the Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development, Finance and National Defense.
Previously, the province spent more than VND 16 billion to encourage aquaculture and offshore fishing activities, and exploitation services in the above-mentioned localities.
In the first phase, Phu Vang and Phu Loc districts received VND 10.9 billion and VND 4.76 billion respectively, while Hue city and Huong Tra township was provided with VND 500 million each to help local fishermen buy fuel for fishing trips.
Implementing Decree 67, Thua Thien-Hue province has actively coordinated with local authorities of coastal communes to support local fishermen in accessing preferential credit, thus building and upgrading 40 vessels, including four steel-hull ships with capacity of 829CV upwards and 36 wood-hull ships with capacity of 400 to 800 CV.
Phu Vang district has the largest number of newly-built fishing boats, bringing its total number of offshore fishing ships to 170.
La Phuc Thanh, Chairman of the district’s People's Committee, said that the implementation of the decree help expand offshore fishing areas in traditional fishing grounds, thus increasing the district’s catch output.
The province now has 40 ships built under Decree 67. Local fishermen are enabled to borrow capital to build big ships for offshore fishing.
Source: VNA