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Strong voices against China's acts continue

 Peace organisations oppose China’s act; Business community hits out at China’s illegal act; International friends denounce China's illegal action: paper; Union urges continued fishing activities in East Sea

Agitators arrested for provoking workers in protests against China

Thousands of workers in many IZs in the south took to the streets to protest China’s illegal acts. Some agitators took advantage of the situation to incite workers to burn factories, and assault guards and foreign staff of many FDI firms.

International voices raised to oppose China’s acts

 German press criticises China’s East Sea aggression; East sea tension triggered by China is viewpoint of many countries; Mongolians strongly condemn China’s actions; Washington Post asserts Chinese aggression challenges world order

Overseas Vietnamese protest China’s illegal acts in Vietnam’s waters

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese people in the United States, Italy, Japan and Germany took part in demonstrations against China’s deployment of an illegal oil rig in Vietnam’s waters.

Australian policy experts protest over China’s East Sea actions

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many analysts from Australia have raised their objections to China’s placement of a giant oil rig, accompanied by a large fleet of vessels, in Vietnam’s territorial waters.

Arrest warrant issued for Thai protest leader on rebellion charges

 The Thai Criminal Court on Monday issued an arrest warrant for protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban on rebellion charges.

Quang Ngai: People block highway to protest sand exploiter

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of people blocked National Highway 1A on Sunday morning to protest a local sand exploiting enterprise that causes erosion.

Voters protest new airport and want golf course axed

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many voters expressed their distress about the golf course to be built in Tan Son Nhat Airport and protested the plan to construct Long Thanh Airport in a meeting with National Assembly (NA) deputies in HCMC last week.

In pictures: Hundreds protest sand dredging, which causes coastal erosion

In the past two days, hundreds of people flocked to the headquarters of the authorities of Nghia An commune in Quang Ngai province to oppose a company that was dredging the Cua Dai passage business, causing severe coastal erosion.

Pregnant woman lies as a protest on the desk of commune chairman

VietNamNet Bridge – Being handcuffed and beaten, a pregnant woman lied on the desk of the chairman of Xuan Thien commune in Tho Xuan district, the central province of Thanh Hoa, as a protest.

Hundreds of tractors descend on Brussels for milk protest

 Dairy farmers from several European countries converged in Brussels on Monday aboard hundreds of tractors for a two-day protest against falling milk prices in Europe.