Promoting sustainable development of marine economy associated with ensuring national defense and security

On the morning of September 16, at the Government Headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting with leaders of relevant ministries, departments and branches to in-depth assess the implementation of Resolution 36-NQ/TW on the Strategy for sustainable development of Vietnam's marine economy to 2030, with a vision to 2045 and related contents in the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the meeting. (Photo: Tran Hai)

At the meeting, based on a profound and comprehensive analysis of the international, regional and East Sea situations as well as the country's development needs in the new situation, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directed relevant ministries, departments, branches and localities to continue to closely follow the Party's guidelines and the State's legal policies in the coming time, including the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, Resolution 36-NQ/TW on the Strategy for sustainable development of Vietnam's marine economy to 2030, with a vision to 2045; Resolution 44-NQ/TW on the Strategy for national defense in the new situation, proactively, actively, and effectively deploy all aspects of work, achieving new important and more substantial results in all aspects.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the meeting. (Photo: Tran Hai)

Accordingly, the Prime Minister requested relevant ministries, departments, sectors and localities to mobilize resources, promote sustainable development of the marine economy in association with ensuring national defense and security, further enhance the capacity to enforce and protect sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction at sea; persist in the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, diversification, and strengthening international cooperation on the sea in accordance with international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; strictly implement Directive 32-CT/TW of the Secretariat and Directive 17/CT-TTg of the Prime Minister on preventing and eventually ending the situation of Vietnamese fishing vessels violating regulations on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in foreign waters, and promptly remove the yellow card of the European Commission (EC).

Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spoke at the meeting. (Photo: Tran Hai)

Representatives of leaders of ministries and branches attended the meeting. (Photo: Tran Hai)

The Prime Minister also directed to do a good job of propaganda work, further raising awareness and consensus in the whole society and the entire political system about the meaning, role and importance of the East Sea - Islands work, actively contributing to maintaining peace, stability and cooperation for development at sea.

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