At the meeting, both sides agreed thatdefence cooperation between Vietnam and the US is developing rapidly,especially in the search and rescue activities, war aftermath settlementand personnel training.
Regarding the East Seasituation, Tuan said that China’s illegal placement of the HaiyangShiyou-981 in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelfseriously infringes the country’s sovereign right and jurisdictionstipulated in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of theSea.-VNA