Several countries and international organisations have voiced concerns over Chinese law enforcement force’s brutal behaviours towards Vietnamese fishermen operating in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago area on September 29.

Vietnam is extremely concerned about, discontented with, and resolutely opposes the Chinese law enforcement force’s brutal behaviours towards Vietnamese fishermen and vessel operating in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago area.

Four fishermen from Quang Ngai were hospitalized with serious injuries after their fishing vessel was attacked by a foreign ship in the Hoang Sa Islands of Vietnam.

All 10 local fishermen were on boat QNg-95739-TS, owned by Nguyen Thi Dung and captained by Nguyen Thanh Bien, with the pair residing in Chau Thuan Bien village of Binh Chau commune.

 Relevant agencies have repatriated 16 Vietnamese nationals aboard a cargo ship seized in the Philippines, while also working to return 15 fishermen who violated the waters of Papua New Guinea.

The Foreign Ministry instructed the Embassy of Vietnam in Indonesia to work with Indonesian authorities to help the 25 Vietnamese fishermen arrested for fishing in the country’s seas, the Ministry’s Consular Department told reporters.

The Indonesian authorities, in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy in Jakarta, completed procedures to repatriate 10 Vietnamese fishermen on January 21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese photographer Murayama Yasufumi plans to organise a photo exhibition displaying 40 photos of Vietnamese residents, including fishermen, living in the central provinces.