Requesting China to promptly return Vietnamese fishing boats and seized assets
The spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: Vietnam resolutely protests and demands that China promptly return the fishing boat QNg55003TS and all assets that China seized on May 16 and stop similar actions.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Luong Thanh Nghi
On the afternoon of May 24, at the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in response to a reporter's question asking about Vietnam's reaction to China's recent arrest of two fishing boats and 14 fishermen from Quang Ngai province who were fishing in the Hoang Sa waters, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi said:
"On May 21, 2012, China announced that on May 16, 2012, its fisheries agency had arrested two fishing vessels QNg50003TS and QNg55003TS and 14 Vietnamese fishermen in the Hoang Sa archipelago. At 1:00 p.m. on May 21, 2012, China released the QNg 50003TS and 14 fishermen, confiscated the QNg 55003TS, all seafood and fishing gear of the two vessels.
Immediately after receiving the notice from China, a representative of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs met and handed over a diplomatic note to a representative of the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi stating: China's obstruction and arrest of Vietnamese fishermen and fishing vessels engaged in legal and normal fishing activities in the waters of Vietnam's Hoang Sa archipelago is a serious violation of Vietnam's sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction; Vietnam resolutely protests and demands that China promptly return fishing vessel QNg55003TS and all assets that China seized on May 16 and cease similar actions. Vietnam
We know that on the morning of May 23, 2012, 14 fishermen and fishing boat QNg 50003 TS returned to the mainland safely.
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