Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh has voiced strong protest overChina’s announcement of a fishing ban in the East Sea, saying that theact violates Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagoand sovereign right and jurisdiction over the waters under the 1982 UNConvention on the Law of the Sea.
The spokesmanmade the statement in response to reporters’ question regarding therecent announcement by authorities of Haikou city, China’s southernmostHainan province, of the ban on all fishing activities in the sea areafrom 12 degrees north parallel to the border of the waters of China’sGuangdong province with Fujian province (including the Tonkin Gulf). Theban is applied from 12h00 noon on May 16 to 12h00 noon on August 1,2015.
“Vietnam vehemently opposes this voiddecision,” Binh said, emphasising that the country has sufficient legaland historical foundation testifying to its sovereignty over Hoang Saarchipelago and the sovereign right and jurisdiction over its waters,exclusive economic zone, and continental shelf in line with the 1982 UNConvention on the Law of the Sea.-VNA
The spokesmanmade the statement in response to reporters’ question regarding therecent announcement by authorities of Haikou city, China’s southernmostHainan province, of the ban on all fishing activities in the sea areafrom 12 degrees north parallel to the border of the waters of China’sGuangdong province with Fujian province (including the Tonkin Gulf). Theban is applied from 12h00 noon on May 16 to 12h00 noon on August 1,2015.
“Vietnam vehemently opposes this voiddecision,” Binh said, emphasising that the country has sufficient legaland historical foundation testifying to its sovereignty over Hoang Saarchipelago and the sovereign right and jurisdiction over its waters,exclusive economic zone, and continental shelf in line with the 1982 UNConvention on the Law of the Sea.-VNA
