HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): Vietnam and China held the 15th round of negotiations of the working group on the sea area beyond the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin and the 12th round of talks of the working group for consultation on cooperation for mutual development at sea, both in the form of video conference, on Wednesday (Dec 1).
The Vietnamese delegation was led by Trịnh Đức Hải, Vice Chairman of the National Boundary Commission under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, while the Chinese side was headed by Yang Renhuo, a representative for border and maritime issues at the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China.