Muscle flexing by China in the East Sea is feeding regional
insecurity, an Australian senior government minister was quoted by the
Wall Street Journal as saying at a recent conference.
The Government convened its regular meeting on June 30 to assess the
country’s socio-economic performance in the first half of 2014 and define major tasks for
the rest of the year.
State President Truong Tan Sang
has granted an interview to the Vietnam News Agency on China’s illegal placement of its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou – 981 deep into
Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone.
The Party, State and people of Vietnam pursue a consistent policy of
treasuring the friendship and cooperation with China , Party General
Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has said.
If China persists in its illegal acts of aggression in the East Sea, it
will become shunned and isolated, Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City
People's Council Nguyen Thi Tam said in an interview published in the
English language news website VietnamNet on May 26.
The Vietnam Peace Committee (VPC) and the Vietnam-China Friendship
Association (VCFA) on May 10 sent messages to relevant Chinese
organisations opposing China’s recent acts of violating Vietnam’s
sovereignty in the East Sea.
China has positioned an oil rig together with many escort vessels deep
into Vietnam’s continental shelf, violating Vietnam’s sovereignty,
Vietnamese officials informed the media at an international press
conference on May 7.
Party Politburo member and Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front
(VFF) Nguyen Thien Nhan received visiting Vice Chairman of the National
Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Liu
Xiaofeng in Hanoi on November 21.
President of the Council
of State and President of the Council Ministers of Cuba Raul Castro Ruz
has extended deep sympathy to Vietnam over the passing of General Vo
Nguyen Giap.
With the ASEAN nations’ agreement to discuss Hong Kong’s participation
in the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area as a separate entity, Hong
Kong-Vietnam relations will continue to grow, contributing to the
development of the Tonkin Gulf Economic Belt, particularly the Hong
Kong-Guangxi-Vietnam triangle.
Vietnam and China on June 21 issued a joint statement on the
occasion of President Truong Tan Sang’s State-level visit to China
from June 19-21 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Recent activities by the Chinese side have seriously violated Vietnam’s
sovereignty, sovereign right and jurisdiction in the East Sea
and Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos, foreign ministry spokesperson
Luong Thanh Nghi has stated.
The close cooperation between the newspapers of the Communist Party of Vietnam ( CPV ) and the Communist Party of China will make important contribution to boosting friendship between the two Parties and people.
