The Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG)’s Vessel CSB 8002 departed from the Ky Ha Port in Tam Quang commune, the central province of Quang Nam, on July 31 for a visit to the Philippines.
President Truong Tan Sang paid tribute at the Am Linh Tu temple which was built more than 300 years ago to worship the Hoang Sa soldiers who planted markers affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.
Nguyen Ngoc Lan, a Vietnamese recipient of two full scholarships to study at Cambridge University, expressed her determination in studying the East Vietnam Sea situation
Vietnam called on all countries to actively and pragmatically contribute to maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea, and respect international law, said Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Hai Binh.
The Taiwanese leader’s visit to Ba Binh island in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago seriously violates Vietnam’s sovereignty and runs counter to the Taiwanese side’s recent statements
In the context of complex and unforeseeable developments across the globe and more acrimonious disputes in the East Sea, Vietnam needs to uphold an independent and self-reliant foreign policy.
Vietnam has asked China not to conduct oil drilling and promptly pull its Haiyang Shiyou 981 drilling rig out of the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin, Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Le Hai Binh said on January 19.