VietNamNet Bridge – On August 17, Hinews.cn, an online newspaper of Hainam province, China published an article entitled “Vietnam army says it can take troops to Beijing, the marines prepare to fight.” This article has been re-published by hundreds of Chinese websites.

Looking at the title, one can see the intention of the author: arousing hostility against Vietnam.

The article does not have the author name. The story starts by the information: China has two marine brigades and both of them belong to the South Sea fleet which covers the East Sea.

It is explained that “Sovereignty disputes over the South Sea is complicated, many our islands and shoals are occupied.”

Ignoring the fact that the East Sea is the common waters of many surrounding countries, the author inconsiderately considers the East Sea as the sea of China.

“Though the South Sea has been China’s waters for a very long time but China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei claim sovereignty over part of the South Sea,” the article says.

“Except for Indonesia, the four remaining countries occupy part of islands and shoals of our South Sea and the surrounding waters,” it continues.

“Leaders of Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia have occupied our islands and shoals to hoist their flags to show their sovereignty.”

“Vietnam has exploited oil and gas in the South Sea. From an oil importer it has become an oil exporting country,” the article says.

The article accused Vietnam of purchasing weapons to confront and threatens China.

It is extremely ridiculous when the article writes: “The Vietnamese Deputy Chief of the General Staff Nguyen Ha Nhat even stated that the Vietnamese army can go straight to Beijing.”

This detail proves that this is a fabricated story because in the history of the Vietnamese army, there is no general named Nguyen Ha Nhat.

The article says that the key mission of the South Sea Feet and the two marine brigades are “taking back occupied islands and defend China’s marine interests,” “being ready to take force to take back China’s territories and marine interests,” etc.

Tien Phong