China’s efforts to construct a 2,000m airstrip on Phu Lam island inVietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago are unfounded and do not alterthe fact that Vietnam holds indisputable sovereign rights over thearchipelago, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh said on October 9.
“Vietnam hasfull legal basis and historical evidence that affirms its sovereigntyover Hoang Sa and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos. That actions byChina seriously violate Vietnam’s sovereignty over thearchipelagos, infringing the Vietnam–China agreement on the basicprinciples guiding the settlement of issues at sea signed in October2011,” Binh highlighted.
He said the move also wentagainst the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC)which was reached between China and ASEAN in 2002 and the commonperspective voiced by the two countries’ leaders. Furthermore, itviolated international law and further complicated the situation in theEast Sea and the region, harming the development of bilateralrelations between the two countries, he said.
“Vietnam strongly protests China’s illegal actions,” he stated,stressing that “Vietnam demands China respect Vietnam’ssovereignty and refrain from repeating similar actions, thuscontributing to the growth of the friendship and cooperation between thetwo countries and the maintenance of peace and stability in the EastSea.”
Also on October 9, Binh reported thatthe Netherlands finished identifying three Vietnamese citizens aboardthe Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 that crashed in the Ukraine inJuly.
They include Nguyen Ngoc Minh and her daughter and son, Dang Minh Chau and Dang Quoc Duy.
The Foreign Ministry asked the Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlandsto coordinate with the Dutch side to support the family of thevictims to complete the necessary procedures to bring them home onOctober 12 for burial.
The Foreign Ministry extends its deepest sympathies to the family of the victims, the Spokesperson said.-VNA
“Vietnam hasfull legal basis and historical evidence that affirms its sovereigntyover Hoang Sa and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos. That actions byChina seriously violate Vietnam’s sovereignty over thearchipelagos, infringing the Vietnam–China agreement on the basicprinciples guiding the settlement of issues at sea signed in October2011,” Binh highlighted.
He said the move also wentagainst the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC)which was reached between China and ASEAN in 2002 and the commonperspective voiced by the two countries’ leaders. Furthermore, itviolated international law and further complicated the situation in theEast Sea and the region, harming the development of bilateralrelations between the two countries, he said.
“Vietnam strongly protests China’s illegal actions,” he stated,stressing that “Vietnam demands China respect Vietnam’ssovereignty and refrain from repeating similar actions, thuscontributing to the growth of the friendship and cooperation between thetwo countries and the maintenance of peace and stability in the EastSea.”
Also on October 9, Binh reported thatthe Netherlands finished identifying three Vietnamese citizens aboardthe Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 that crashed in the Ukraine inJuly.
They include Nguyen Ngoc Minh and her daughter and son, Dang Minh Chau and Dang Quoc Duy.
The Foreign Ministry asked the Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlandsto coordinate with the Dutch side to support the family of thevictims to complete the necessary procedures to bring them home onOctober 12 for burial.
The Foreign Ministry extends its deepest sympathies to the family of the victims, the Spokesperson said.-VNA
