David Huy Ho, President of the Vietnamese Entrepreneurs’ Associationin the US and head of the organising board, told Vietnam News Agency’scorrespondents that in addition to the demonstration, the VietnameseEntrepreneurs’ Association also set up a website in English languagespread the word about the illegality of China’s nine-dotted line in theEast Sea.
The association also plans to collect 100,000 signatures to send to the US Congress to oppose the line, he stated.
The same day, nearly 100 overseas Vietnamese and foreigners from NewYork and Boston (Massachusetts State) attended a meeting in front of theChinese representative mission in New York to raise their voicesagainst China’s aggressive acts in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone andcontinental shelf.
Merle Ratner, a socialactivist for peace in the US, said China’s positioning of the drillingrig in Vietnam’s waters violates international law and threatens peaceand stability in the region.
She affirmed herbacking for Vietnam as Vietnam is a peace-loving nation, which alwayscommits to solving disputes by peaceful means.
Vietnamese students in the country also sent their letters to PresidentBarrack Obama and the US Senate to call on the US government andinternational community to voice objection to China’s actions inVietnam’s waters.-VNA