Chinese ship’s acts under protest
(VOV) - Vietnam has protested against the acts of a Chinese ship which chased and bullied two Vietnamese fishing vessels in the waters of Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago on July 7.
In reply to media question on July 17 about the incident, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi said these acts have violated Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa archipelago and the country’s sovereign and jurisdiction rights in the East Sea.
It runs counter to the spirit of humane treatment of fishermen, the stipulations of international law and the spirit of the agreement on fundamental principles on the settlement of sea issues between Vietnam and China, as well as the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), Nghi said.
The Chinese ship coded 306 chased after the two ships QNg 96787 TS and QNg 90153 TS which were fishing normally at Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago.
The Chinese crew searched the two Vietnamese ships, even beat the fishermen, broke things and took away property.
Nghi said a representative of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has met representatives from the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi to hand over a note protesting the act.
Vietnam requested China to launch serious investigation and strictly deal with the wrongdoing, as well as compensate the Vietnamese fishermen, and prevent similar incidents from recurring in the time to come.