Vietnam will never make concessions to its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the National Assembly (NA) yesterday, following a months-long standoff with Chinese ships in the East Sea. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered a report on the country’s socio-economic development in 2019 at the opening session of the National Assembly in Hanoi on Monday. — VNA/VNS Photo Trong Duc The PM delivered the message in his report on the country's socio-economic development in 2019 to the 14th NA’s 8th sitting which convened its autumn meeting session on Monday. "What happened in the East Sea recently was getting very complicated, including serious violations in Vietnam's sea recognised by international law, which were against the DOC Statement and other high-level agreements," Phuc said. China claims more than 90 per cent of the East Sea (internationally known as the South China Sea) which is a key trade route in Southeast Asia and believed to be energy-rich waters. Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have claims in the sea. Tensions escalated this summer when Beijing dispatched a research ship Haiyang Dizhi 8 escorted by other vessels to Vietnam's exclusive economic zone for energy surveys. "We… Read full this story
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