Vietnam sends condolences to Turkey over deadly coal mine blast
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 17 sent a message of condolences to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the coal mine blast in Amasra town, Bartin province.
The explosion on October 14 killed at least 41 people and injured many others.
On that principled basis, the Vietnamese diplomat reaffirmed that all claims and actions by parties in the East Sea/South China Sea must comply with international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).