HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam has protested against China’s alleged detention of its fishermen and fishing vessels in the contested Paracel Islands in the busy South China Sea, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.
Vietnam urged China to “immediately release the fishermen and fishing vessels that were illegally detained”, the spokesperson told a regular press conference, without saying how many had been held or when.
In Beijing, a foreign ministry spokesperson urged Vietnam on Friday to beef up the “education and management” of its fishermen, to ensure they keep out of waters claimed by China.
(Reporting by Phuong Nguyen and Franceso Guarascio; Additional reporting by Liz Lee and Joe Cash in Beijing; Editing by Christina Fincher and Clarence Fernandez)
