Vietnam resolutely opposes Chinese survey vessel group Haiyang Dizhi 8’s continued serious violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty right and jurisdiction in territorial waters as defined in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has said.
Vietnam regretted that some contents in the remarks of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the 18th Shangri-La Dialogue and on his Facebook page did not objectively reflect the historical truth, causing negative impacts on public opinions, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang has said.
Vietnam has sufficient legal grounds and historical evidence affirming its sovereignty over the Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagos, foreign ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has affirmed.
The Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement is an important deal which brings many benefits to the people as well as the business community of Vietnam and the EU, therefore the two sides are making efforts to complete procedures for the official signing, ratification and enforcement of the agreement, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.
Vietnam welcomes and highly values the outcomes of the summit between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States, which took place in Singapore on June 12, according to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.
