VN’s peaceful measures in sea row hailed

VGP – Viet Nam’s patience and goodwill to peacefully solve the East Sea issue have been hailed at a talk on China’s illegal placement of its Haiyang Shiyou-981 drilling rig in Viet Nam’s waters.

June 21, 2014 9:08 PM GMT+7

This is part of an international conference themed “Hoang Sa-Truong Sa: historical truth” that was held in the central city of Da Nang.

A large number of delegates proposed that it’s time for Viet Nam to take legal measures to deal with maritime disputes in the East Sea.

They condemned Chinese ship for deliberately sinking Vietnamese fishing boat DN 90152 with 10 fishermen on board on May 26 when they were operating normal fishing activities in Viet Nam’s waters.

The international community raised their strong voice against China’s provocative actions defying international law.

Later the same day, participants came to view the seriously damaged fishing boat DN 90152./. - VNA