Addressing the meeting, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien said Vietnam has been fighting illegal fishing for over six years. Vietnam was requested to continue building a master plan for sustainable fisheries development in the period to 2050. 5th Vietnam – Thailand Defence Policy Dialogue held Sen. Lt. General Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Defence Minister; and General Sanitchanog Sangkachantra, Permanent Secretary for Defence of Thailand, co-chaired the 5th Vietnam – Thailand Defence Policy Dialogue in Hanoi on December 13. They said the defence cooperation over the past time has gained considerable outcomes in various fields. The contest is part of the project, "Mitigating Ocean Plastic Waste in Vietnam" launched by the MONRE's Vietnam Agency of Seas and Islands (VASI) and sponsored by the WWF.

Source: Viet Nam News December 14, 2023 05:24 UTC