Vietnam has lodged an official complaint with China following the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing vessel near the former’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said on April 3.
Head of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Ky Anh District in Ha Tinh Province Tran Ba Toan yesterday said that two Vietnamese missing in the fishing boat fire off South Korea were confirmed as residents in the locality.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on August 20 presented certificates of merit to nine fishermen in Go Cong town for saving 22 Philippine sailors who met an accident at sea.
Vietnam strongly protests inhuman treatment as well as the use of force or threat to use force against Vietnamese fishermen, said the Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department in response to reporters’ question regarding two fishermen getting injured as their fishing boat was shot by a vessel of unknown nationality.
