Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance

Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Kiểm ngư Việt Nam
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Common name	Kiem Ngu
Abbreviation	KN
Motto	Bảo vệ nguồn lợi thủy sản Resources Protection
Agency overview
Formed	25 January 2013 (2013-01-25)[1]
Preceding agency	Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance (former name)
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Vietnam
Operations jurisdiction	Vietnam
Primary governing body	Government of Vietnam
Secondary governing body	Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry of National Defence
Constituting instruments	Document No. 209/UBTVQH13-PL of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on the Establishment of the Fisheries Surveillance Force Degree 102/2012/NĐ-CP of the Vietnamese Government on the Organization and Activities of the Fisheries Surveillance
Operational structure
Overseen by	Department of Fisheries Resources Surveillance
Headquarters	Hanoi
Agency executive	Nguyễn Ngọc Oai[2], Director
Parent agency	Directorate of Fisheries
Notables
Significant operation	Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Hai Yang Shi You 981 standoff
Website
https://tongcucthuysan.gov.vn/en-us/VietNam-Fisheries

Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance (Vietnamese: Kiểm ngư Việt Nam - KNVN), still alternatively using the former official name Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance and colloquially recognized by its Vietnamese short name Kiểm Ngư (KN, lit. 'Fisheries Surveillance'), is a coastguard-type governmental agency which is nominally under the management of the Directorate of Fisheries of the Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Formally established on 25 January 2013, it consists of both the fully-civilian and paramilitary sectors responsible for patrolling, checking, controlling, detecting and handling law violations and taking out fishery inspection in the waters that are under the jurisdiction of Vietnam.^[1] The agency is expected to coordinate with Vietnam People's Navy, Vietnam Coast Guard, Vietnam Border Guard and the Vietnam Maritime Militia to help preserve Vietnam's maritime interests, especially in terms of maritime security, illegal fishing and maritime disputes.