Viet Nam strongly protests the establishment of the so-called “Sansha city” and related acts as they seriously violated Viet Nam’s sovereignty, the spokesperson of Viet Nam’s Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang said on April 19.

Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang (Photo: VNA)

On April 18, China announced the establishment of the so-called Xisha district at Viet Nam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, and Nansha district at Viet Nam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, in the so-called Sansha city.

“Viet Nam has strongly affirmed many times that it has sufficient historical evidence and legal foundation to assert its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos,” spokesperson Thu Hang said.

She stressed that those moves of China are invalid and unrecognized, and they are not favourable for the friendship among nations and further complicate the situation in the East Sea, the region and the world.

“Viet Nam demands that China respect Viet Nam’s sovereignty, abolish its wrongful decisions related to the moves and not to commit similar acts in the future,” the spokesperson asserted

Source: VNA