Vietnam protests China's military exercise in South China Sea
Hanoi - The Vietnamese government has protested recent Chinese military drill near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, state media reported Friday.
The defence exercise was carried out by China's South Sea Fleet on February 3.
This action seriously violated Vietnam's sovereignty over the archipelago, the state run newspaper Viet Nam News quoted Nguyen Phuong Nga, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying.
It also went counter to the Declaration of the Conduct of the Parties in the South China Sea, issued by the Association of South-East Asian Nations and China in 2002, she added.
The action has negatively affected peace and stability in the region, Nga said.
The Vietnamese government made a similar complaint as the Chinese State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping on January 18 included China's disputed version of its maritime border in the area on its official online mapping service. It gave China more than 80 per cent of the South China Sea.
The Paracel Islands are not the only disputed territory in the area. There are also sovereignty issues between Vietnam and China, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines over the Spratly Islands and the surrounding waters.
The Spratly and Paracel Islands and their surrounding waters are believed to be rich in undersea mineral resources.
Vietnam protests China's military exercise in South China Sea - Monsters and Critics
china should respect its neighbors and stop bullying them.
Hanoi - The Vietnamese government has protested recent Chinese military drill near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, state media reported Friday.
The defence exercise was carried out by China's South Sea Fleet on February 3.
This action seriously violated Vietnam's sovereignty over the archipelago, the state run newspaper Viet Nam News quoted Nguyen Phuong Nga, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying.
It also went counter to the Declaration of the Conduct of the Parties in the South China Sea, issued by the Association of South-East Asian Nations and China in 2002, she added.
The action has negatively affected peace and stability in the region, Nga said.
The Vietnamese government made a similar complaint as the Chinese State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping on January 18 included China's disputed version of its maritime border in the area on its official online mapping service. It gave China more than 80 per cent of the South China Sea.
The Paracel Islands are not the only disputed territory in the area. There are also sovereignty issues between Vietnam and China, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines over the Spratly Islands and the surrounding waters.
The Spratly and Paracel Islands and their surrounding waters are believed to be rich in undersea mineral resources.
Vietnam protests China's military exercise in South China Sea - Monsters and Critics
china should respect its neighbors and stop bullying them.
good veeru,you did it again,keep it up,do more with anti-China article. BTW,could you explain what if the japanese done the DIAO Yu island ,north four island and dokdo?same kind with this issue?Willl you call thats also Japan bullying his neighbour -China,Russia,South Korea?
