A letter condemning China’s escalating militarisation in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes has been sent to the Chinese Embassy in the Czech Republic.
About 50 Vietnamese and people from other nations in Switzerland on April 23 protested in Zurich against Chinese violations of Vietnam’s maritime sovereignty and international law in the East Sea.
A crowd of Vietnamese gathered in front of the Busan Station in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on April 3 to protest China’s increasing violations of Vietnam’s marine sovereignty.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on March 21 summoned the Chinese charge d’affaire in Jakarta over an incident involving a Chinese coastguard vessel entering the country’s Natuna Sea.
Hundreds of overseas Vietnamese in Frankfurt am Main and its neighbouring regions staged a demonstration at the Chinese Consulate-General in Germany to protest China’s military action in the East Sea.
The Philippines has formally lodged a diplomatic protest against China over its recent test flights to a newly built airstrip on Chu Thap (Fiery Cross) reef in Truong Sa archipelago in the East Sea.
Several key Thai government websites were brought down late on September 30, believed to be a form of protest against the government’s plan to introduce a single Internet gateway for the country.
Vietnam adamantly opposes China’s approval of a national marine functional zoning plan which includes Vietnam’s Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh said.
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