Taiwan is threatening peace, maritime stability, safety and security, causing tension, and complicating the situation in the East Sea (referring to the South China Sea).

Vietnam has asked Taiwan to cancel live-fire drills on Ba Binh Island of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago in the East Sea.
Ba Binh (Itu Aba) Island in Vietnam's Truong Sa (Spratlys) Archipelago. Photo: CSIS/AMTI |
Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said that Taiwan’s military exercise in the waters around Ba Binh (Itu Aba) in the Spratlys infringes on Vietnam’s sovereignty.
Late last month, Taiwanese officials announced that they would stage live-ammunition drills with artillery in Taiping on March 23.
“The fact that Taiwan continues to hold live-fire drills in the waters around Ba Binh in Vietnam’s Truong Sa Islands is a serious violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty over these islands, threatening peace, maritime stability, safety and security, causing tension, and complicating the situation in the East Sea (referring to the South China Sea),” Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said Friday [March 11].
Hang affirmed that Vietnam has full legal basis and historical evidence to assert its sovereignty over Truong Sa and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagoes in accordance with international law.
“Vietnam strongly protests the drills and demands Taiwan not to repeat those violations in the future,” she noted.
Taiwan has performed live-fire drills on Ba Binh Island annually in recent years.
Other News
- Overseas Vietnamese eagerly await Tet and spring
- Vietnam holds 1st International Arms Expo
- “Dien Bien Phu in the air” – the depiction of faith and resolution to victory
- Militia competition 2022 opens in Hanoi
- World Meteorological Organization removes Nine-dash line after Vietnam’s protest
- Vietnam calls for restraint on Taiwan Strait
- Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group operates in South China Sea
- India naval ships visit Vietnam
- Vietnam protests China military exercises in South China Sea
- US naval ship arrives in Vietnam for largest humanitarian mission in Indo-Pacific
Trending
-
Vietnam prioritizes macroeconomic stability in 2023: PM
-
Demand for housing in Hanoi forecast to rise in 2023
-
Vietnam publishes book on Communist Party chief’s anti-corruption
-
Hanoi ranked 5th among safest cities in Southeast Asia
-
Hanoians show passion for flowers
-
Vietnam’s tourism forecast to strongly rebound in five years
-
Admiring 2,023 feline statuettes made by Hanoi artist
-
Overseas Vietnamese eagerly await Tet and spring
-
Switzerland to support Vietnam’s transition to green economy