Vietnam
Da Nang and Khanh Hoa protests China’s election in so-called ‘Sansha’ city
On October 10, Chairman of Khanh Hoa People’s Committee Le Duc Vinh issued a statement that the central province of Khanh Hoa has opposed China’s organisation of an election for the so-called "Sansha" city in the East Sea.
“Khanh Hoa’s authorities and people are discontented with China’s election in the so-called Sansha city illegally set up by the country, covering Vietnam’s Truong Sa island district,” he said, stressing that the election seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereignty.
Khanh Hoa resolutely rejects the above-motioned illegal deed and asks China not to repeat such an action harming the relationship between the two countries, the friendship between their people and the feelings of citizens in Khanh Hoa, he said.
** The same day, Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee Huynh Duc Tho has also rejected China’s election of deputies to the People’s Congress in the so-called ‘Sansha’ city in the East Sea.
He noted that Da Nang city’s administration is once again seriously concerned about China’s organisation of an election of deputies to a People’s Congress of the so-called Sansha city on September 22.
The election organisation in the area that is part of Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos has seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereignty, he stressed. “Da Nang city resolutely rejects and strongly objects to the abovementioned action and demands China not repeat similar actions,” Tho emphasised.
** Earlier in the beginning of October, Vietnam's Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Le Hai Binh made the statement in reply to reporters’ queries about China’s election of deputies to the People’s Congress in the so-called "Sansha" city illegally built by the country and the illegal patrol in the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago area is a serious violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty,
The Spokesman confirmed Vietnam’s position on China’s aforementioned moves, noting that Vietnam has sufficient legal and historic evidence affirming its sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos. Such illegal actions could not change the truth about Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa.
Vietnam resolutely opposes and asks China to respect Vietnam’s sovereignty, immediately end above wrongful actions, seriously abide by the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and the Agreement on basic principles guiding the settlement of issues at sea between Vietnam and China, he said.
