(VOVworld) - The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor opened a workshop about the East Sea in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday. The confederation chairman, Dang Ngoc Tung, was speaking at the opening session: “Participating scientists and law makers will uphold the international practice of law compliance to protect regional stability. The East Sea must facilitate maritime transport and become a peaceful fishing area for Vietnamese fishermen as it was for many generations.”

Participants agreed that the East Sea was a strategic position when it comes to international maritime freedom. A political specialist from the George Mason University in the US, Nguyen Manh Hung praised the importance of peace, cooperation and prosperity in the East Sea: “If conflict breaks out, fishermen will suffer from losses. A long term solution must ensure normal fishing activities in their traditional fishing areas. This requires goodwill and restraint from excessive ambition as well as international law compliance.”
The workshop included a display of maps depicting Vietnam’s sovereignty over Paracel and Spratly islands.