Thai Binh maritime militia force joins hands in law violation prevention and combat

PANO - Over the past time, together with accomplishing assigned missions, the maritime militiamen of Thai Binh province have effectively conducted dissemination activities to mobilize fishermen to strictly observe the State’s law and coordinated with law enforcement forces to detect and handle cases of law violations at sea in a timely manner.

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These activities have contributed to preventing and fighting against law violations at sea in an effective manner.

As the afternoon was approaching, Tan Son fishing port (Thuy Hai commune, Thai Thuy district, Thai Binh province) became more crowded, as dozens of ships returned to the port. After a long voyage, owner of trawler TB 90215TS Nguyen Van Lang, together with crew-members on board, took advantage of their time to rest and study the book related to regulations on preventing illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Maritime militiamen from Thai Thuy district, Thai Binh province conducts law dissemination activities for fishermen at Tan Son fishing port.

Lang shared that the book was taken from the “Bookshelf of law-related books” on the trawler. This was a creative initiative proposed by the Maritime Militia Platoon of Thuy Hai commune and jointly implemented by the Border Post of Diem Dien Port Border Gate and a number of departments and sectors in the district.

Up to now, all trawlers regularly operating at Tan Son fishing port have been provided with the “Bookshelf of law-related books.” Therefore, fishermen can read and study law-related books to grasp fishing regulations.

Visiting trawler TB 10985TS, captain Ta Dinh Xuan from Thuy Hai commune’s Maritime Militia Platoon shared that the platoon defined that in order to mobilize local people to comply with the law, they must set an example in law observance. Therefore, as new regulations are implemented, the unit implemented them first and then popularized them among people. Meanwhile, during operations at sea, militiamen have closely teamed up with border stations in the locality to deal with violation cases at sea and help fishermen in their fishing activities in accordance with the State’s law.

According to Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Dang, Head of Cua Lan Border Station under the Thai Binh provincial Border Guard Command, every 5 to 7 fishing boats form a self-management group led by a ship of the maritime militia force. The leaders of the groups regularly inform border stations of their fishing activities and situational developments, as well as supporting each other in fishing and in their daily life. Thanks to close coordination, border stations could promptly handle arising situations at sea.

Over the past time, the province’s maritime militia force has detected and handled hundreds of foreign ships infringing Vietnamese waters; dozens of cases of smuggling and trade fraud. Moreover, the force has actively mobilized trawlers to comply with declaration regulations when leaving and docking at ports, submit fishing logbooks, and open vessel monitoring systems (VMS), among others.

Senior Colonel Ta Van Trang, Second-in-Command and Chief of Staff of the Thai Binh provincial Military Command, underlined that with high responsibility, the province’s maritime militia force has become a firm fulcrum to ensure national defense and security at sea. In the time to come, the command would enhance organizing refresher courses to raise maritime militiamen’s awareness of the State’s law and give advice to party committees and local authorities on how to improve the quality of the spiritual and material life of troops, so that they could fulfill all assigned missions.

Translated by Quynh Oanh