Viet Nam opposes all activities that violate its sovereignty as well as militarise and threaten peace, stability, security, safety and freedom of navigation and overflight in the East Sea.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh (Photo: VNA)

The statement was made on 16 December by Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh while answering reporters’ question on Viet Nam’s response to new satellite images of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) which show that China appears to have installed weapons on 7 geographic features in the East Sea.

“Viet Nam is extremely worried about this imagery,” he stressed, affirming the country has sufficient legal foundation and historical evidence proving its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa  (Spratly) archipelagoes.

(Source: VNA)