HANOI: Vietnam on Wednesday (Aug 26) accused China of violating its sovereignty by conducting military drills in a disputed part of the South ...
An aerial view of Qilianyu islands in the Paracel chain, which China considers part of Hainan province, on Aug 10, 2018. HANOI: Vietnam on Wednesday accused China of violating its sovereignty by conducting military drills in a disputed part of the South China Sea and said Beijing's actions were"complicating" negotiations on establishing a code of conduct in the region.
China this week began six days of exercises in waters near the Paracel Islands, where Vietnam has competing claims, according to the Maritime Safety Administration of Hainan, an island off China's southern coast. It was the second set of drills in the area by Beijing in two months.
Vietnam is this year chairing the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations , which has had long drawn-out negotiations with Beijing over a code of conduct in the South China Sea.
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