(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and the international community have strongly opposed a brazen decision by the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs to establish new districts called “Xisha” and “Nansha” in “Sansha city” to administer the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, which are part of Vietnam’s sovereign territory.

(VOVWORLD) - A Japanese scholar has pointed out two historical documents, in which European oceanographers acknowledged Vietnam’s sovereignty over the East Sea (South China Sea) in the 16th century.

(VOVWORLD) - 45 years ago on April 29, the Vietnam People’s Navy liberated Truong Sa archipelago, which is now Truong Sa island district, Khanh Hoa province.

(VOVWORLD) - A Russian expert has expressed grave concern over China’s latest action in the East Sea, known internationally as the South China Sea.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has circulated a note at the United Nations rejecting China’s sovereignty claims over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos in the East Sea and reasserted both groups of islands are under Vietnam’s sovereignty.

(VOVWORLD) - Former Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Prof. Dr. Vu Duong Huan, has said China absolutely has no historical sovereignty over Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagoes.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam, a coastal country with a coastline of more than 3,260 km and thousands of islands, including the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, respects and abides by the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Vietnam urges other countries to comply with UNCLOS to protect the legal order at sea and make the East Sea a sea of peace and prosperity.

(VOVWORLD) - China is trying to distract the public from its current “Four Sha” scheme, Lucio Blanco Pitlo III, a research fellow at the Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation based in the Philippines, said in an interview with VOV’s reporter in Washington on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang on Tuesday answered reporters’ questions about the recent complicated situation in some ASEAN countries’ territorial waters.

(VOVWORLD) - Vladimir Kolotov, a Russian expert of Vietnamese studies, said China is creating a strategic danger not only to Vietnam but also to East Asia.