Vietnamese tuna fishermen from Khánh Hoà Province. — VNA/VNS
HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Quốc Dũng stressed the need to promote “dialogue and cooperation between Asean and China in ensuring just and humane treatment of fishermen, ” especially those who are in danger, as a priority area of cooperation between the two sides.
He made the statement at the “Workshop on Promoting Cooperation in Ensuring Just and Humane Treatment of Fishermen in the South China Sea” held on Tuesday (Nov 3) in Hanoi, an initiative of Vietnam under the Asean-China Joint Working Group on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (JWG-DOC), with the proposals and recommendations from the experts to be reported to Asean-China officials’ channels on DOC implementation.
