Ambassadors show strong performance in protecting Vietnamese abroadThe protection of legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens and legal entities abroad is necessary and shows the State’s responsibility to citizens, contributing to raising the city’s political status and prestige in the world while encouraging overseas Vietnamese’s more contributions to national construction and defence. 65 fishermen arrested by Indonesia in April and May were released to return Vietnam on July 26Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Hoang Anh Tuan highlighted the duty and responsibility of the embassy in protecting the rights of Vietnamese fishermen. It has promptly worked with the Indonesian side to deal with cases of Vietnamese fishermen arrested by Indonesian authorities. For Vietnamese nationals residing in Malaysia , it has provided them with legal support to help them settle down in the host country. At the same time, Luong Thanh Nghi, Ambassador to Australia where is hosting 300,000 Vietnamese people and 30,000 students, said that citizen protection is a focus of the operation of the Vietnamese embassy in Australia .

Source: VietNamNet News August 27, 2016 00:11 UTC