Vietnam has expressed a note of protest to China

The Director of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Le thi Thu hang said the disagreement of the country with China regarding disputed Islands in the East sea. In its opinion, such steps have no legal effect and contrary to the spirit of good neighborly relations between the two countries.

Such measures of the Chinese side seriously violated the sovereignty of Vietnam over the archipelago of Years and the Islands of Changsha. They do not benefit relations between the two countries and contribute to the deterioration of the situation in the East sea, in the region and the world, — said Thu hang.

The announcement was made after the announcement of China on the establishment of the territorial districts of the Nansha Islands and Xisha. They are administratively subordinated to the municipality of the city of Sanshui in Hainan island. According to the authorities of Vietnam, Hanoi has sufficient historical and legal grounds to confirm its sovereignty.

Earlier NEWS.ru wrote that the Vietnamese authorities intend to place returning from China citizens in military camps.