US Consul General works with Hoang Sa administration A delegation of the US Consulate General led by Consul General Le Thanh An recently visited and held a working session with the Hoang Sa island district People’s Committee. Dang Cong Ngu, Chairman of the Hoang Sa district People’s Committee, briefed his guests on the local administration’s operations and future development orientations.  The US Consulate General voiced their support for peaceful settlement of sovereign disputes in the East Sea.  They stressed the need for close cooperation between concerned parties to ensure sovereignty, peace, stability, maritime security and freedom, as well as normal trade liberalisation in the East Sea, in line with international law, especially the 1982 UN Convention o the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).  The Hoang Sa island district was established in January 1997 under the management of the Danang municipal People’s Committee.  Source: VOV