Malaysia urges Vietnam to convene joint committee meeting on unregulated fishing

KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia has relayed its hopes for Vietnam to resume the Joint Working Committee (JWC) to focus on critical issues surrounding illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Chan Foong Hin said that Malaysia was keen to resume the JWC to address IUU issues as well as look at many potential issues and collaborations between the two countries.