Vietnam once again rejects the so-called Sansha city and requests
China to end violations of its sovereignty, and take no action to
impede the legal fishing activities of Vietnamese fishing boats and
fishermen, a representative of the National Boundary Commission stated
on March 19.
The official went on to say that
Vietnam has sufficient legal and historic evidence affirming its
sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly)
archipelagoes in an action to protest a series of activities recently
carried out by China in the two archipelagoes.
China recently approved the establishment of the “Sansha”
radio-television and the “Sansha” satellite television station,
dispatched a detachment of marine surveillance ships, including the
Haijian 83 along with Haijian helicopter B-7103, Haijian 262 and Haijian
263 to patrol Vietnam ’s Hoang Sa archipelago.
The Chinese side also drove away Vietnamese fishing boats No. QNg96417TS
and QNg96382TS, which were conducting legal fishing activities in the
area.
In the latest move, China sent a Fishery
Resource and Environmental Science Survey Ship, Nan Feng, to the waters
of Vietnam ’s Truong Sa archipelago to investigate the area’s fishery
resources.
The above-mentioned activities have
violated Vietnam ’s sovereignty, said the representative of Vietnam
’s National Boundary Commission.-VNA