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China’s military exercises in Hoang Sa Archipelago violate Vietnam’s sovereignty

China’s organisation of consecutive military exercises in the waters to the north-northeast of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago has violated Vietnam’s sovereignty over the archipelago, said Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.

 

Japan concerned over China's establishment of districts in East Sea

Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi has voiced his concerns over China’s establishment of districts to administer the Paracel (Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago) and Spratly islands (Vietnam’s Truong Sa archipelago).

US senators express concern over East Sea situation

US Senator Jim Risch, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with three others on April 11 criticised the Chinese Coast Guard’s recent sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago waters.

Da Nang to teach archipelago history

 The history of Da Nang and its relationship with the Hoang Sa Archipelago (Paracel Islands) will be introduced into the curricula at secondary and high schools in the central coastal city this year, officials have announced.

The first radio engineer in the Hoang Sa Archipelago

 VietNamNet Bridge - The son of the first radio engineer on the Archipelago of Hoang Sa (Paracel Islands) sent an emotional letter to the National Border Committee, enclosed with artifacts related to his late father.

DPM, FM Minh’s phone calls discuss East Sea issues

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will take all the proper and necessary measures to protect its legitimate rights and interests when it comes to the East Sea issue.

Hoang Sa archipelago to be taught in Da Nang schools

 The central city of Da Nang has stepped up the compilation of documents on its Hoang Sa (Paracel) island district for teaching in all local schools from the 2014-2015 academic year.

Museum displays fight for sovereignty

 VietNamNet Bridge – Adjusting his glasses, Nguyen Huu Thao peers closely at the large stained and rusty pieces of coast guard ships on display at the entrance to an exhibition hall of the Viet Nam Military History Museum (VMHM).

Vietnam sends paper affirming island sovereignty to UN

VietNamNet Bridge – The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations on July 3 sent a paper to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon opposing China’s illegal occupation of the Hoang Sa archipelago and asserting Vietnam’s sovereignty over it.

French official opposes China’s hegemonism in East Sea

 VietNamNet Bridge – Jean-Charles Negre, vice president of the Council of Seine-Saint-Denis province, has criticised China’s hegemonism following its illegal positioning of its drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.

Swiss lawyer: Vietnam should bring East Sea dispute to int’l court

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam should bring the case of China’s illegal installation of the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou – 981 in its continental shelf and exclusive economic zone to the United Nations Security Council and international tribunals,

Deputy FM condemns China in East Sea on CNN

 VietNamNet Bridge – In an interview granted CNN on May 29, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Vinh voiced strong opposition to China’s illegal deployment of the Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig in Vietnam’s territorial waters.

NA deputies strongly condemn China’s illegal rig placement

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly (NA) deputies on May 26 raised strong opposition to China’s illegal installation of the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf.

World Trade Union Federation backs VN in East Sea issue

VietNamNet Bridge – The World Federation of Trade Unions has expressed solidarity and support for Vietnam in its peaceful moves against China’s aggressive act of illegally placing a drilling rig in Vietnam’s continental shelf

Vietnam informs int’l organisations on East Sea situation

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations Office, the World Trade Organisation and Other International Organisations in Geneva on May 20 issued a press release on the recent developments in the East Sea

China betrays world's trust

 VietNamNet Bridge – China's recent illegal acts in the East Sea have seriously infringed on Viet Nam's sovereignty, running counter to international law and practices and damaging the trust held by the world community.

Second fishing boat attacked, robbed by Chinese warship

VietNamNet Bridge – One more fishing boat from Ly Son island district, part of the central province of Quang Ngai, was attacked and robbed of its cargo by Chinese forces, while operating normally in waters surrounding Vietnam’s Hoang Sa Archipelago,

VN protests China boat shooting

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam yesterday protested the actions of some Chinese ships in chasing and firing on a Vietnamese fishing boat fishing in Vietnamese waters off its Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.

Vietnam demands China to end sovereignty violation

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam once again rejects the so-called Sansha City and requests China to end violations of its sovereignty, and take no action to impede the legal fishing activities of Vietnamese fishing boats and fishermen,