Viet Nam Human Rights
Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance
18/6/14
Today, you
and I, we shall find out some more information about Vietnam
Fisheries Resources Surveillance who are on their duty to confront with Chinese
forces on the Vietnam’s
territory – the East
Sea. Despite the hardness
of the weather and the threat posing by Chinese forces, the Vietnam fisheries
resources surveillance are doing their utmost to protect our fishermen,
contributing to protect Vietnam’s sovereignty.
The Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance
Force made its debut on April 15 in the central city of Da Nang in the presence of Prime Minister
Nguyen Tan Dung. Operating under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development’s General Department of Fisheries, the force’s key tasks include
patrolling the country’s waters, monitoring and inspecting fisheries activities
as well as detecting and handling violations. It will also assist fishermen in
their operation, protecting the country’s aquatic resources and contributing to
ensuring and protecting the security, order and national sovereignty in the
country’s sea areas. Formed under the Prime Minister’s Decree No.
102/2012/ND-CP dated November 29, 2012 and Decision No. 3285/QD-BNN-TCCB dated
November 28, 2012, the force has its main headquarters in Hanoi and four sub-offices in different
regions. The force’s formation is of great importance as it will ensure the
execution of fisheries laws and regulations at sea, laying the foundation for
the sustainable exploitation and protection of marine resources and assurance
of safety for fishermen and their vessels. The MARD is required to direct the
force to operate effectively in line with the national and international law,
contributing to protecting national sovereignty, sovereignty rights and
jurisdiction in the East Sea while realising international commitments that Vietnam has
made.
In recent days, we’re delighted to know
that Fisheries Surveillance Team No. 2
made its debut in a ceremony held in Vung Tau, a coastal city of the southern
Vietnamese province
of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on
Thursday. The unit is managed by the Fisheries Surveillance
Sub-Department of Zone 3, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development. The new team will operate in Vietnam’s
waters from the south-central province
of Binh Thuan to Bac
Lieu, a Mekong Delta province.
In the
context of China maintaining
its illegal oil rig in Vietnam’s
waters, the establishment of Vietnam Fisheries Resources
Surveillance is very important and necessary. It strengthens Vietnam’s appearance on the East Sea to
oppose invasive acts from China.
Chinese ships
have aggressively sailed at high speed to repeatedly ram some Vietnamese
ships. Chinese aircraft have also flown low over the Vietnamese fisheries
surveillance forces vessels dispatched to the area, in a bid to threaten
them. To make the issue worse, Chinese ships have fired water cannons
into Vietnamese vessels, damaging them and injuring crew members. Up to
date, China has rammed and
damaged 24 Vietnamese coast guard and fisheries surveillance force vessels
since it illegally positioned a giant oil rig in Vietnam’s territorial waters on May
2. According to the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department, 12 fisheries
surveillance officers were injured during the attacks on the 19 ships.
The
Vietnamese fisheries surveillance
forces have shown their effort, determination and braveness to stay with their
colleagues and continue the fight against the Chinese ships. They have sets a
good example to follow for those who are involved in the nation’s fisheries
sector. And now fishermen can feel more protected when they go fishery on the
sea with the protection of the Vietnamese fisheries surveillance forces.
Vietnamese all over the world are witnessing and
following the the Vietnamese fisheries surveillance forces, we admire them a
lot and shall support them as much as we can. I hope that in the near future,
there are big and highly-modern vessels be built for Vietnamese coast guard and
fisheries surveillance forces.
I
want to say that we always with you, the
Vietnamese fisheries surveillance forces.
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All comments [ 5 ]
I love Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance, and I love what they are doing, they have gained all Vietnamese's admiration!
Vietnam Government should spend more money to make this forces stronger to confront with China forces on the East Sea. I saw on TV, Chinese vessels ram directly into our ship, that's inhumane action.
Recently, The Prime Minister has decided to invest 200 million USD in building four more large-scale vessels for the Fisheries Surveillance Force to allow them to better carry out their law enforcement missions in the country’s waters and supporting Vietnamese fishermen.
That's a great news Pham Hieu, bravo our Party and State. They have had good policy for the country's development and protection.
The ship, named KN-781, has a displacement of more than 2,000 tonnes, and is one of the largest patrol ships in the country. It will be handed over to the Fisheries Surveillance Force this month.
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