Vietnam has slammed a Chinese unilateral fishing ban applicable in the East Sea, internationally known as South China Sea.
China’s Ministry of Agriculture on Monday issued a ban on fishing in a number of sea waters from May 1 to August 16, which includes the waters in the Gulf of Tonkin in the East Sea.
“Vietnam resolutely opposes and rejects the regulation issued by China,” Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh said in a statement Tuesday.
China’s move has seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands and its territorial waters, Binh said.
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