09/01/2015
The Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hoang Sa district of the central city of Da Nang, Vietnam, on January 8 protested against China’s illegal activities in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago as well as in the East Sea (South China Sea).
Chairman Vo Cong Chanh also demanded that China stop all those activities to maintain peace, friendship, and cooperation between the two countries and in the region.
The official raised the objection after China’s Hainan provincial administration announced on January 6 that it will establish four people’s armed forces departments in the so-called Sansha city, which is in fact in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago and China held drills in Phu Lam Island in Hoang Sa.
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