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Vietnam needs modern vessels for investigating marine environment and its resources

Dr Nguyen Van Cu
Dr Nguyen Van Cu

Vietnam is a country with great potential of sea and islands. Vietnam’s coastline stretches across 3,260 km with more than 3000 islands and two archipelagos of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa. Vietnam’s waters cover over one million square km. Vietnam’s sea and island play very important roles in the national, regional and global security and economic development.

Vietnam supports investment in far east

President Truong Tan Sang on Monday expressed the country’s support for Vietnamese companies investing in the Far East when greeting visiting Russian Minister for Far EastDevelopment V. I. Ishaev in capital Hanoi. Welcoming the two sides’ preparations for the second round of negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement, Sang proposed the Russian side devises concrete incentives for Vietnamese businesses and workers in the Far East, reported Vietnam News Agency.