One more fishing boat from Ly Son island district, part of the central province of Quang Ngai , was attacked and robbed of its cargo by Chinese forces, while operating normally in waters surrounding Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago, the local authority said on May 11.
The Vietnam Historian Association on May 10 issued a declaration protesting China’s illegal placement of an oil rig within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and its threats to Vietnamese ships in Vietnamese waters.
China’s placement of a drilling rig in Vietnam’s continental shelf has irritated the Vietnamese people and damaged the mutual trust that the two sides have worked hard for, according to Bui Hong Phuc, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam-China Friendship Association.
The General Secretary of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society (BVFS) Len Aldis on May 10 sent a letter to the Chinese Ambassador in the United Kingdom of Great Birtain and Northern Ireland Liu Xiaoming to express his concern over the current situation in the East Sea issue due to the presence of illegal Chinese drilling rig HD 981 in Vietnam’s territorial waters.
An amended Housing Law draft would restrict foreign ownership to no more than 30 percent of apartments in a building, or 250 houses in a ward.
Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA), Thuan Huu has sent a letter to his Chinese counterpart to express his deep concern over the escalating tension in the East Sea as a result of China’s placement of an oil rig in Vietnam’s waters, escorted by military vessels.
Leaders of the 24th ASEAN Summit have agreed to enhance strong efforts to build an ASEAN Community by 2015 and continue boosting development beyond 2015.
Many analysts from Australia have raised their objections to China’s placement of a giant oil rig, accompanied by a large fleet of vessels, in Vietnam’s territorial waters.
KfW, the German Development Bank, has targeted a loan commitment of EUR500 million (US$692 million) per year for development projects in Vietnam, up from EUR200-300 million per year over the last two years.
The 2014 UN Day of Vesak was successfully wrapped up in the northern province of Ninh Binh with the adoption of a statement highlighting three sustainable development pillars.