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Philippines returns five Vietnamese fishermen

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Philippines and Philippine agencies on November 29 held a ceremony to send five Vietnamese fishermen and one fishing boat from Phu Yen province back to Vietnam.
Philippines returns five Vietnamese fishermen ảnh 1Vietnamese Ambassador to the Philippines Ly Quoc Tuan (third from right) and Defence Attache Nguyen Van Hung (centre) with five fishermen who return home after a ceremony on November 29 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – TheVietnamese Embassy in the Philippines and Philippine agencies on November 29held a ceremony to send five Vietnamese fishermen and one fishing boat from PhuYen province back to Vietnam.

The send-off ceremony was held atSual port of Pangasinan province, 350km north of Manila capital city, with theparticipation of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and local authorities.

Duterte said that the PhilippineGovernment has completed procedures to send the fishermen back to Vietnam, inaccordance with the request of Vietnamese leaders.

For his part, Vietnamese Ambassadorto the Philippines Ly Quoc Tuan thanked the Philippine President and agenciesfor helping the fishermen return home.

The bodies of two other fishermen fromthe boat were brought back to Vietnam on October 7.-VNA

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