By Vu Ngoc December 3, 2020 | 06:36 pm GMT+7 vnexpress
Satellite photo shows North Island, part of the Paracel Islands in the East Sea, September 2017. Photo by Planet Labs via Reuters.
Vietnam Thursday asked China to stop escalating tensions with actions that exacerbate violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.
“All activities on the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) islands without Vietnam’s permission are violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty, international law and hold no juridical value,” Foreign Affairs Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said at a press meet Thursday.
Đọt Chuối Non 