VN condemns China’s shooting at fishing vessel

The fishing vessel QNg 96382 TS fired buring

The incident took place on March 20 when the vessel was fishing in the area around Paracel archipelago under Viet Nam’s sovereignty.

The shooting of China’s boats was a serious act, violated Viet Nam’s sovereignty over the archipelago, threatened and damaged properties of Vietnamese fishermen, said Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi.

This kind of act gravely broke the principles of international law and the agreement on basic principles guiding the settlement of East Sea-related issues between the two countries. It also went contrary to the spirit of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC).

Viet Nam requested China to investigate, strictly punish such wrong and inhuman act and to compensate for Vietnamese fishermen, according to the Spokesperson./.

By Hai Minh