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VN requests China to stop wrong doings on Hoang Sa

Vietnam asks China to end its wrong actions on Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago in order to not affect peace and stability in the East Sea, said Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi.
Vietnam asks China to end itswrong actions on Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago in order to not affectpeace and stability in the East Sea, said Foreign Ministry SpokespersonLuong Thanh Nghi.

Nghi made the request in Hanoi onApril 30 while answering reporters’ queries on Vietnam’s response tosome recent acts of China on the area of Hoang Sa archipelago, includingthe senior Chinese officials’ cutting of the ribbon to inaugurate theXinhua bookstore on Hoang Sa’s Phu Lam island, bringing tourists to thearchipelago and preparing for a fishing competition on the Hoang Saarchipelago area.

“Vietnam affirms itsindisputable sovereignty over Hoang Sa archipelago. The above-mentionedactions of the Chinese side seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereigntyand ran counter to the agreement on basic principles guiding thesettlement of sea-related issues between Vietnam and China,” thespokesperson said.

Those acts did not comply withthe Joint Statement of the 15 th ASEAN-China Summit on the 10 thAnniversary of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea(DOC) and violated the DOC, causing tension and complicating the EastSea situation, he added.

Regarding China’smove to bring tourists to Hoang Sa archipelago, on the same day,Chairman of the Da Nang city People’s Committee Van Huu Chien affirmedthat Hoang Sa is an island district of central Da Nang city and aninseparable part of Vietnam’s territory.

China’s bringing of tourists to Hoang Sa violated Vietnam’s sovereigntyand stirred up a discontent among the Da Nang authorities andpeople, he said.

“We strongly oppose the aforesaidillegal action and request China to immediately put an end to organisingtours and other activities on Hoang Sa archipelago,” he stressed.-VNA

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