Việt Nam, China complete joint survey of waters off Gulf of Tonkin

April 25, 2016 - 09:00

Việt Nam and China has recently completed their joint survey of waters off the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin.

Chân Mây Borderguard force rescues a China's fishing boat on the sea area of Việt Nam.— VNA/VNS Photo Quốc Việt 

HÀ NỘI – Việt Nam and China has recently completed their joint survey of waters off the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin.
The survey was conducted by the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Department of Survey and Mapping, and the Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources’ Geological Survey Department.
The surveyaims effectuate the common perception reached by the two countries’ high-ranking leaders. Its results will serve the delimitation of the boundary of the continental shelf and exclusive economic zone off the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin between Việt Nam and China as well as their cooperation for mutual development in the area.— VNS

 

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