Viet Nam to protest against China in Hanoi
June 12 2011
Hanoi (Reuters)-the Vietnamese authorities Sunday tolerant anti-China protests in the capital Hanoi for the second day, while more than 100 people rallied against what they see aggressive behaviour by China in the mounting dispute over maritime areas.
In a park in front of Chinese Embassy demonstrators waved national flags and chanting songs and slogans "down with China and Viet Nam followed the Spratly webarasil" in reference to two archipelagos, Islands in the South China Sea.
And police were to leave after about 20 minutes but left walking around Lake Hwan Kim at the heart of the city where some onlookers expressed their support and joined a handful of them to protest.
China and Viet Nam have varied in recent weeks because of an old maritime disputes in the South China Sea. Although an armed clash was unlikely the tension could hamper regional diplomacy and United States intervention might lead, as happened last year.
Rare demonstrations Sunday in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City after the Government submitted a protest to China when the Chinese ships destroyed equipment used by Vietnamese ship cleared within special maritime economic zone of 200 nautical miles.
The Vietnamese Government said that a similar incident occurred at sea on Thursday blamed on China blamed in violation of its sovereignty. Beijing accuses Hanoi since the end of May to raise tension in the region.
There are in the South China sea shipping corridors and enormous task of potential reserves of oil and gas. It also says the Philippines and Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have rights in parts of seawater square 648 thousand nautical miles.
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June 12 2011
Hanoi (Reuters)-the Vietnamese authorities Sunday tolerant anti-China protests in the capital Hanoi for the second day, while more than 100 people rallied against what they see aggressive behaviour by China in the mounting dispute over maritime areas.
In a park in front of Chinese Embassy demonstrators waved national flags and chanting songs and slogans "down with China and Viet Nam followed the Spratly webarasil" in reference to two archipelagos, Islands in the South China Sea.
And police were to leave after about 20 minutes but left walking around Lake Hwan Kim at the heart of the city where some onlookers expressed their support and joined a handful of them to protest.
China and Viet Nam have varied in recent weeks because of an old maritime disputes in the South China Sea. Although an armed clash was unlikely the tension could hamper regional diplomacy and United States intervention might lead, as happened last year.
Rare demonstrations Sunday in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City after the Government submitted a protest to China when the Chinese ships destroyed equipment used by Vietnamese ship cleared within special maritime economic zone of 200 nautical miles.
The Vietnamese Government said that a similar incident occurred at sea on Thursday blamed on China blamed in violation of its sovereignty. Beijing accuses Hanoi since the end of May to raise tension in the region.
There are in the South China sea shipping corridors and enormous task of potential reserves of oil and gas. It also says the Philippines and Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have rights in parts of seawater square 648 thousand nautical miles.
http://ara.reuters.com/article/world...75B03D20110612