Two Chinese ships are blocking a Vietnamese vessel - Photo: VGP/Xuan Hong |
Our correspondent, Xuan Hong, reporting from the scene said that every day, Vietnamese law enforcement forces delivered 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.
Chinese ship is firing water cannon at a Vietnamese vessel right in Viet Nam's waters - Photo: VGP/Xuan Hong |
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 ship and plane - Photo: Xuan Hong |
China even dispatched planes flying right above Vietnamese law enforcement vessels to intimidate and threaten them.
The more provocative and perverse China is, the more Vietnamese law enforcement forces stick to peaceful measures, noted our correspondent.
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.
The the optimistic, gentle and righteous smile of Viet Nam - Photo: Xuan Hong |
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./.
By Hai Minh