Khanh Hoa province: Two more fisheries societies set up

The Khanh Hoa provincial trade union has recently set up two another fisheries societies in Nha Trang city, involving nearly 40 vessel owners and 200 fishermen.

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Accordingly, the two fisheries societies are in charge of gathering fishermen regularly conducting offshore fishing activities, including those on the Spratly and Paracel archipelagoes.

Through offshore activities, the fishermen are expected to help disseminate the Party guidelines and State laws while reinforcing solidarity in offshore fishing and supporting each other in natural disasters and enemy-inflicted destruction.

After its establishment, the Golden Heart Fund of Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper handed over VND1 billion collected from people across the country to assist fishermen in the province while the provincial trade union earmarked VND270 million to give support for disadvantaged fishermen and vessel owners who had accidents at sea.

According to Nguyen Hoa, President of the provincial trade union, the province has so far set up 4 fisheries societies, gathering nearly 500 fishermen and 100 fishing vessels. To further help fishermen in the society, the trade union has assisted them with fishing tools and other equipment such as lifebuoys, medicine and contact devices./.