Many cranes of Chinese construction units are seen illegally operating on Hughes Reef, part of Vietnam's Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago in the East Vietnam Sea.
The Vietnamese government should report to the National Assembly about
China’s illegitimate activities in the East Vietnam Sea and the law-making body
should issue a resolution against them, a legislator has proposed.
Nguyen Anh Son, deputy head of the delegation of lawmakers from the
northern province of Nam Dinh, made the proposal at a preparatory meeting held
ahead of the 9th session of the 13th National Assembly that opened in Hanoi on
Wednesday.
Son wanted the legislature’s agenda to include a report by the government
on Beijing’s land reclamation work and building of artificial islands in
Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes in the East
Vietnam Sea, despite strong protests from Hanoi as well as the international
community.
In talking with Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper about this
issue, Son said, “I made the proposal as China’s current illegal actions in
Truong Sa are more dangerous than its illegal deployment of the Haiyang Shiyou
981 oil rig to Vietnamese waters last year.”
The latest information he had heard about such Chinese actions is the
fact that Beijing is building a nine-story building on Huy Go (Hughes) Reef,
one of Truong Sa’s areas that it has occupied since 1988, as recently reported
by Tuoi Tre, Son said.
“Millions of Vietnamese feel indignant toward such a perverse action, so
why don’t we raise our voice against it?” Son said.
Beijing has defied international law, disregarded its
neighboring countries, and ignored the agreements made between Vietnam and
China, the deputy commented.
Given China’s actions, the government and National Assembly should show people
their counter-policies to China, Son requested.
“People across the country are getting upset about China’s
actions, so the National Assembly, which represents the people’s will and
aspirations, cannot but make a response.”
The law-making body should issue a resolution or adopt a strong move to
oppose China’s law violations, Son said.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung agreed to Son’s proposition,
saying that the legislature will arrange a meeting within the session for the
government to report this issue to deputies.
Speaking to Tuoi Tre yesterday, many other lawmakers
also said they agreed with the proposal.
“People are very upset by Beijing’s perverse actions in the East Vietnam
Sea. The Party, State, and Government should express a decisive political view
on this issue, and should send a diplomatic note to China’s leaders to protest
their wrongful actions in Truong Sa and Hoang Sa,” said Nguyen Tan Tuan,
standing deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the south-central province
of Khanh Hoa.
Truong Sa is a district which belongs to Khanh Hoa, while Hoang Sa is a
district administered by the central city of Da Nang.
In a related development, President Truong Tan Sang told people in
District 4, Ho Chi Minh City at a meeting on May 17 that “the
fatherland’s sovereignty must absolutely be protected without any
concession.”
The leader made the statement after
hearing members of the public express great concern over the tense situation in
the East Vietnam Sea.
Source: tuoitrenews
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