VietNamNet Bridge – If China stops selling electricity to Vietnam, the country will not suffer, experts say. In fact, China is charging high prices and electricity supply has been unstable.  

 On the basis of “interconnectivity, interoperability, resemblance, correlation” we expect China to turn the spirit of these four golden words to become a reality.

Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 12 assured National Assembly deputies that measures to lessen the domestic economy’s reliance on China are being prepared following the neighboring country’s deployment of a huge oil rig in Vietnam’s waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – China has no significant influence on the Vietnamese finance market, and the dong/dollar exchange rate will remain stable, an official of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has said.

China’s Foreign Ministry recently held a press conference to slander Vietnam and justify its illegal actions in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

 Vietnam fisheries surveillance vessels June 15 continued activities to oppose China and request it to withdraw the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 from Vietnam’s waters.

 Vietnam continues opposing China’s illegal placement of its oil rig in the nation’s waters and calling on UNCLOS member states to do alike against Chinese unilateral acts escalating tensions in the East Sea.

 Vietnam’s diplomatic struggle against China’s illegal placement of the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in the nation’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf is continuing to receive ardent support from many other countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After blatantly anchoring the HD-981 oil rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, China will continue to take larger steps, experts have predicted.

The Chinese proposal to conduct negotiations to settle tensions in the East Sea in a peaceful way is only a ruse for its real intentions, according to Dr Marvin C. Ott, an international prestigious analyst, and former analyst at the CIA.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Michel Henry Bouchet, professor of international finance at Skema Business School, France, discusses the implications of China’s illegal deployment of Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig well within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone

When setting its oil rig in Vietnam's waters, China has targeted more than one goal. It has tried to alleviate tension, but at the same time continue the East Sea de facto occupation and its economic resource exploitation plans.

The recent tensions in the East Sea will be examined at the upcoming ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) and SOM ASEAN+3 to take place in Myanmar from June 6-10.

The use of force is not an appropriate solution to "possess sovereignty", as it is against international law, and destroys world and regional peace. If a country occupies the East Sea that way, its sovereignty will never be recognized.

China, with 1.4 billion people, may lack food in the near future, which could give Vietnam an opportunity to gain superiority in rice exports. But recent tensions in the East Sea have raised concerns that Vietnamese rice sales are in danger.

A large number of Chinese ships continue to violently defending the rig Haiyang Shiyou-981, which is illegally placed in Vietnam ’s waters, by ramming and firing water cannon at Vietnamese law enforcement ships.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economists have urged the government to take actions to ensure Vietnam’s energy security in case tensions escalate in the East Sea, stressing that this is the biggest danger to the country if the situation gets worse.

 VietNamNet Bridge –  As of June 1, it had been one month since China had deployed its illegal mobile oil rig HD-981 deep in the continental shelf and the exclusive economic (EEZ) of Vietnam.

China’s statements and actions to "monopolize" the East Sea, with the latest act of illegal deployment of the HD-981 oil rig deep in the exclusive economic zone of Vietnam, are irrational, and they seriously breach international law.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam expects to take delivery of coastguard ships from Japan early next year, the country's vice defence minister said on Sunday, as Hanoi looks to boost its defenses amid a territorial row with China in the East Sea.