Defending the national
sovereignty requires sacrifices but it is the fine tradition of Vietnamese
people that has been consolidated throughout the history.
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Two Chinese ships are blocking a
Vietnamese vessel
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Over the past month, the
Vietnamese law enforcement forces have maintained their presence at the
location where China illegally placed the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in order
to send a strong message that Viet Nam is determined to defend the sacred sovereignty
over its islands and waters.
Our correspondent, Xuan
Hong, reporting from the scene said that every day, Vietnamese law enforcement
forces deliver the announcement in three languages, namely Vietnamese, Chinese
and English to affirm that this is the Viet Nam’s continental shelf and
exclusive economic zone in accordance with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of
the Sea and demand China to immediately stop all illegal acts and withdraw from
Viet Nam’s waters.
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Chinese ship is firing water cannon at
a Vietnamese vessel right in Viet Nam's waters
Every day, the Vietnamese
law enforcement forces had to face with perverse and brazenly acts of Chinese
ships, Xuan Hong reported.
China’s provocative acts
right within Viet Nam’s waters aim to turn an undisputed area into disputed
area regardless of international community’s growing protest.
Xuan Hong said that China
even deployed as many as 140 ships of all kinds, including military ones to
guard the illegally-installed rig.
The Chinese ships have been
divided in many groups and arranged in different layers to prevent Vietnamese
vessels from heading to the illegally-placed oil rig. As a Vietnamese law
enforcement vessel tried to enter as near as possible to the illicit rig,
Chinese side mobilized at least two bigger ships to block and intimidate or
even fire water cannons at the local vessels, our correspondent said.
Chinese ships have always
used the tactics of ensnaring Vietnamese vessels in order to encourage the
local vessels to create crashes so that China can trumpet they are the victims.
Is this the behavior of a big country, a member of the United Nations Security
Council?
China even dispatched
planes flying right above Vietnamese law enforcement vessels to intimidate and
threaten them.
The more China is
provocative and perverse, the more Vietnamese law enforcement forces stick to
peaceful measures, noted our correspondent.
Many officials of the
Vietnamese law enforcement forces have not communicated with their families
over the past month for the common task of protecting the national sovereignty.
Some were injured when
Chinese ships attacked and fired water cannons at the Vietnamese vessels but it
seems that nothing can stop their patriotism, Xuan Hong reported.
Their belief is so strong
as the whole nation love them and treasure their sacrifices.
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The the optimistic, gentle and
righteous smile of Viet Nam
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Manabu Sasaki, aged 41,
correspondent of Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper, who is now on board with Xuan
Hong noted that he is impressive with the utmost restraint of the Vietnamese
vessels. He told Xuan Hong that he loves the optimistic, gentle and righteous
smiles of Vietnamese Coast Guard soldiers. It is so proud of Viet Nam.
Source: VGP/VNN
