A number of Vietnamese
protestors in Sweden and Norway showed their solidarity with their countrymen
on June 1 in a march to oppose illegal Chinese actions in the Vietnamese
exclusive economic zone.
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| Vietnamese in Norway protest illegal Chinese actions in the Vietnamese exclusive economic zone |
Around 300 Vietnamese people in
Sweden took to the streets of Stockholm, waving banners and demanding that
China remove its oil rig from Vietnam’s waters.
Demonstrators made their way
the through thoroughfares of the city before gathering around the Chinese
embassy to play recorded speeches in Vietnamese, English and Swedish,
denouncing the illegal presence of the Chinese rig.
They marched almost 4km before
arriving at the embassy to deliver a letter to oppose the Chinese government.
On May 25, Vietnamese in Sweden
gathered at Triangeln Square, in Malmo for a similar protest.
On June 1, Vietnamese in Oslo,
Norway marched to oppose the Chinese incursions in Vietnamese waters. As many
as 200 joined the peaceful demonstration. They hung banners in Vietnamese, Chinese,
Norwegian and English requesting the withdrawal of the Chinese oil rig from the
Vietnamese exclusive economic zone.
The Vietnamese Association in
Norway also registered their disapproval by sending a letter to Chinese Xi
Jinping.
Source: dtinews
