Protest – Talk Vietnam

Vietnam's foreign ministry called on related parties to stop complicating the South China Sea situation. The Vietnamese government has protested against China's laying of underwater cables between outposts in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) islands. Chinese ship laying underwater cables in Paracels. Image: Planet Labs Aerial footage by US-based Planet Labs Inc. has recently shown a Chinese ship laying underwater cables between outposts in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) islands. Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang of Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed that any related parties need to take actions responsibly to avoid complicating the situation in the East Sea (refers to the South China Sea) to contribute to the regional peace maintenance. “Any activities with respect to the two islands without Vietnam’s permission are all null and void,” Hang said at a regular press conference on June 11, referring to the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly). …

At present, China does not have the capacity to declare a military ADIZ over the entire South China Sea. China's possible declaration of an Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the South China Sea has made headlines over the past days. On May 31, South China Morning Post cited the Chinese army that Beijing since 2010 has been thinking of establishing an ADIZ in the sea that cover Pratas, and Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) islands. It reported that China is choosing a propriate time to declare the plan. Emeritus Professor Carl Thayer at UNSW Canberra, an expert on the South China Sea Emeritus Professor Carl Thayer at UNSW Canberra has made some accessement on the implications of Chinese ADIZ over the sea that is one of the world’s busiest waterways. If China deploys an ADIZ over the South China Sea, what are the geo-political implications for the region? There are no provisions in international law concerning an Air …

Vietnam protests China’s laying of undersea cables near disputed islands

What does China’s potential ADIZ over South China Sea imply?