(VOV) - Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh has asked China stop taking unilateral action in the East Sea, and instead sit down at the negotiating table and amicably settle territorial disputes with Vietnam. 

(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has confirmed that Vietnam will carry on its diplomatic efforts and peaceful measures to defend its sovereignty.

(VOV) -Chinese ships recently interfered and fired high-power water cannons at a Vietnamese ship, injuring a number of fisheries surveillance staff and destroying equipment.

The Czech-Vietnam Association (CVA) and Czech people strongly condemn China ’s illegal placement of an oil rig in Vietnamese waters and always support Vietnam in its sovereignty protection. 

The Vietnamese Association in Angola held a meeting in Luanda on May 18 to protest against China’s provocative actions in the East Sea. 

(VOV) - China’s illegal installation of its drilling rig Ocean-981 deep within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf has sparked outrage among Vietnamese and peace-loving people worldwide.

President of the France-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarian Group Christian Poncelet has critisised China ’s placement of the Haiyang Shiyou -981 oil rig in Vietnam ’s exclusive economic zone.

(VOV) -China will not stop using force to change the status quo in the East Sea to gradually turn the situation into a fait accompli.

(VOV) China on May 17 continued showing its aggressiveness by sending more military ships to areas surrounding the Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig that it is illegally standing in Vietnam’s waters.

The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) on May 17 raised its voice to oppose China’s illegal placement of a drilling rig in Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone in the East Sea,