Vietnamese Prime Minister
Nguyen Tan Dung has asked all competent agencies to continue applying three
measures to request China to withdraw its illegal oil rig from Vietnamese
waters.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung
gesture during a montly government meeting on May 29, 2014
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At a regular government
meeting on Thursday, Prime Minister Dung and the cabinet members discussed the
East Vietnam Sea situation that has become tense since May 1 when China
illegally dispatched the Haiyang Shiyou 981 oil rig to Vietnam’s waters.
PM Dung emphasized that
China’s recent acts in the East Vietnam Sea are extremely dangerous and
seriously compromising peace, stability, maritime safety and security,
cooperation and development in the region and the world at large.
Facing China’s illegal
rig deployment, Vietnam has restrained itself, applied peaceful measures and
used different dialogue channels to demand that China remove the platform and
its escort vessels and aircraft from the Vietnamese waters.
Vietnam has so far
communicated with the Chinese side for 30 times at various levels to request
the rig removal.
However, China has not
only maintained the rig but also used force to continuously attack Vietnamese
ships that have been protecting Vietnam’s territorial waters.
Therefore, Vietnam
should continue to carry out three peaceful measures to cope with China’s
violations, PM Dung said.
Firstly, Vietnam will
continue using its law enforcement forces at sea to affirm and protect the
country’s sovereignty over its seas and islands.
Secondly, the country
will keep using political and diplomatic ways to resolutely demand China
withdraw the rig from the sea area.
Thirdly, Vietnam will
provide the world with correct and true information about the East Vietnamese
Sea situation so that everyone can clearly know about China’s infringement of
Vietnam’s sovereignty and the peaceful methods the Southeast Asian country has
utilized in response to the Chinese violations.
Through such provision
of information, Vietnamese relevant agencies will at the same time call on the
international community to denounce China for not respecting Vietnam’s
sovereignty and international law, PM Dung said.
Information related to
the East Vietnam Sea should be provided timely and in different languages
including Vietnamese, English, French and Chinese, he added.
Regarding judicial
actions against China, the government leader said, “We consistently use
peaceful measures to settle issues related to the East Vietnam Sea. At the same
time, Vietnam will consider taking legal action based on international law to
protect the nation’s sacred sovereignty and legitimate interests.”
PM Dung also mentioned
the recent riots incited by a number of individuals who took advantage of
peaceful marches against China’s illicit rig to provoke violence and illegal
acts in some localities, causing serious damage to many foreign-invested
enterprises.
He said that the
government has timely directed police to prevent such riots and restore order
and security.
Local authorities have
given support to the affected companies and most of them have resumed normal
operations, the PM added.
Source: tuoitrenews
