(VOVworld) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has praised the Vietnam Maritime Medicinal Academy’s care for fishermen’s health to secure their offshore fishing.

Speaking during his visit to the academy in Hai Phong on Friday, the Prime Minister reviewed the implementation of a government proposal to develop maritime medicines by 2020. He asked the academy to become a regional research institute majoring in maritime medicines. The Prime Minister also attended a ground breaking ceremony for a hotel and apartment project in Lach Tray river urban area.