(VOVworld) - China’s launch of a regular air route to the airport on Phu Lam in Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago seriously violates Vietnam’s sovereignty over the archipelago.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh said on Friday in response to China’s inauguration of a civilian air route to the airport in Phu Lam on Hoang Sa archipelago on December 22. He stressed that Vietnam has full legal foundations and historical evidence to assert its sovereignty of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes. He said that Vietnam resolutely protests China’s above-mentioned actions, and demands that China immediately end actions violating Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa archipelago.