A seminar featuring East Sea related issues on history, military, economics and the media has been held in Paris with the aim of providing basic knowledge and authentic evidence to confirm Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes.
Presided over by the “East Sea Group in France”, the event was jointly organised last week by the Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts and the Union of Vietnamese Students in France .
Speakers presented a brief view of geo-politics, geo-economics and the importance of the East Sea as well as its role and potentials. They also touched upon disputes and some issues related to security and defence in the East Sea.
Regarding disputes in the East Sea which seriously threaten Vietnam’s sovereignty and interests, many speakers shared their view that the East Sea play an important role in developing marine economy which accounts for 20 percent of the country’s GDP .
On top of this, the East Sea also facilitates the development of Vietnam ’s spearhead industries like aquaculture, tourism, oil and gas, transport and shipbuilding.
According to them, each Vietnamese citizen must arm themselves with correct knowledge of the country’s sovereignty over disputed areas, contributing to the fight against distorted information about East Sea related issues.
They said there should be more multi-lingual articles clarifying Vietnam’s policies on the settlement of territorial waters disputes by peaceful means on the basis of international law and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
The “East Sea Group in France” is currently acting as a bridge to provide Vietnamese and French nationals as well as the world at large with information and knowledge about the East Sea via emails, social networks, seminars and article writing contests in Vietnamese, English and French languages.-VNA
Presided over by the “East Sea Group in France”, the event was jointly organised last week by the Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts and the Union of Vietnamese Students in France .
Speakers presented a brief view of geo-politics, geo-economics and the importance of the East Sea as well as its role and potentials. They also touched upon disputes and some issues related to security and defence in the East Sea.
Regarding disputes in the East Sea which seriously threaten Vietnam’s sovereignty and interests, many speakers shared their view that the East Sea play an important role in developing marine economy which accounts for 20 percent of the country’s GDP .
On top of this, the East Sea also facilitates the development of Vietnam ’s spearhead industries like aquaculture, tourism, oil and gas, transport and shipbuilding.
According to them, each Vietnamese citizen must arm themselves with correct knowledge of the country’s sovereignty over disputed areas, contributing to the fight against distorted information about East Sea related issues.
They said there should be more multi-lingual articles clarifying Vietnam’s policies on the settlement of territorial waters disputes by peaceful means on the basis of international law and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
The “East Sea Group in France” is currently acting as a bridge to provide Vietnamese and French nationals as well as the world at large with information and knowledge about the East Sea via emails, social networks, seminars and article writing contests in Vietnamese, English and French languages.-VNA
