They said they applaud the ruling issued by the PCA on July 12 on the Philippines’s lawsuit against China concerning disputes in the East Sea, and reject China’s groundless claims on the so called “nine-dash line” in the sea.
In a statement read and sent to the Chinese Consulate General in Fukuoka in three languages – Vietnamese, Japanese and English, the Vietnamese community stressed its protest against China’s militarisation in the East Sea and affirmed Vietnam’s indisputable sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos in the East Sea.
