The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations in Ho Chi Minh City (HUFO) on July 10 issued a statement protesting China ’s illegal activities in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Permanent Court of Arbitration has legal jurisdiction to intervene in Vietnam's international disputes and impose sanctions, discipline or an appropriate dispute resolution process in furtherance of a peaceful settlement.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Nguyen Tat Thanh on July 7 wrote an article on the country’s daily Matichon, opposing the wrongful view of Chinese Ambassador to Thailand Ning Fukui on the East Sea published earlier on the same newspaper.

 The Confederation of ASEAN Journalists (CAJ) has opposed China’s continued aggressive actions in all waters that it now claims as "part" of its national territory.

The Foreign Ministry has sent two official documents on its stance on Vietnam's marine sovereignty in the East Sea and over the Hoang Sa Archipelago (Paracels Islands) and China’s deployment of its HD-981 oil rig in Vietnam’s waters to the UN.

 Vietnam’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh has informed about China’s illegal placement of its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in Vietnam’s waters before the international public attention.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A leading Vietnamese trade expert suggests that Vietnam seek alternate trade partners to reduce overdependence on China, and revise cross-border trade policy with its neighbour to optimise domestic value added exports.

Japan is completing legal procedures for an ODA sum to be provided for the Vietnamese Government’s project to build new patrol ships for law enforcement forces.

"With China's propaganda policy, many Chinese people believe that their government is so gentle and that China is bullied by neighboring countries," said Chu Cong Phung, former Secretary of the Vietnamese Embassy in China.

VietNamNet Bridge – Apart from deploying and stationing its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 deep into Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, China has carried out a number of other illegal actions such as publishing maps

 VietNamNet Bridge – China has kicked off its plan to tighten control over farm produce imports from Vietnam by raising technical barriers.

 The Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department on July 6 asked the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi to give reason for China’s arrest of Vietnamese fishing boat QNg 94912 TS with six fishermen on board on July 3.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Compared with the battle in Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands, China was more prepared for its attack to seize Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) in 1988. It chose a time when Vietnam was in a difficult situation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Historical evidence of Vietnam's sovereignty over the two archipelagoes- Hoang Sa (Paracel) and (Spratly) Truong Sa are featured is a book that Dr. Han Nguyen Nguyen Nha has devoted a great deal of effort.

Vietnamese ships on July 5 continued encountering the harassing obstruction by a large number of Chinese vessels running to defend their drilling rig, which is illegally standing in Vietnam’s waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – China’s placement of the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou 981 in Viet Nam’s exclusive economic zone threatens peace in Southeast Asia and the world as a whole, noted an Argentine professor.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As a large country, China has used coercion and made threats to use force to wage war against a small country, according to Lawyer Le Thanh Son.

 On July 4, China maintained the presence of five battleships, 48 coast guard, 15 cargo vessels and four tugboats around drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 that has been illegally standing in Vietnam’s waters since early May.

 Viet Nam is still considering legal options against China, but will continue pursuing its stance that the East Sea conflict should be solved by using peaceful measures.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Although condemned by the world, China has seized Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands, turning the territories of other countries into "disputed territory".