Vietnam requests that Google Maps
correct its description of the land borderline between Vietnam and
China, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nguyen Phuong Nga said.
“Google Maps presents an incorrect land borderline between Vietnam and
China . Vietnam requests that Google correct this mistake according to
the current official map of Vietnam,” spokesperson Nga said in
response to reporters’ queries on March 20.
According to her, Vietnam and China signed a protocol on border
demarcation and landmark planting, an agreement on land border
management regulations and an agreement on border gates and regulations
on land border gate management on November 18, 2009.
With the signing of these documents, the Vietnam-China borderline has
been positioned clearly on the map, spokesperson Nga said, adding that
both sides are to ratify the agreements in accordance with the law of
their respective countries so as to translate them into reality.
As soon as the Vietnam-China Land Border Treaty (signed in 1999) and
relevant documents become effective, they will be officially deposited
at the United Nations and provided to mapping and publishing
organisations the world over, she said./.