China’s withdrawal of their vessels and oil rig from Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) will make room for diplomacy to reduce the escalating tension.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Another ancient document showing that China’s southeastern frontier ends at the Hainan Island has been found: a map that was drawn at the order of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty in 1717.

China on June 8 published a misleading article, fabricating events and distorting the truth behind what is really happening in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After blatantly anchoring the HD-981 oil rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, China will continue to take larger steps, experts have predicted.

Viet Nam fisheries surveillance ships yesterday continued intense efforts to oppose China and get it to withdraw the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 from Viet Nam's waters.

Senior officials from ASEAN member states and dialogue partners have expressed their deep concern about increased tensions in the East Sea following China’s positioning of its oil rig inside Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.

About thirty European scholars attending a recent workshop in Norway refuted China’s groundless claim of the ‘nine-dash line’ or ‘U-shaped line’ in the East Sea, saying it cannot be used for sovereign negotiations.  

The Chinese proposal to conduct negotiations to settle tensions in the East Sea in a peaceful way is only a ruse for its real intentions, according to Dr Marvin C. Ott, an international prestigious analyst, and former analyst at the CIA.

Chinese tugboat 281 on June 7 deliberately rammed into the left side of Vietnam’s fisheries surveillance ship KN-635 that was undertaking law enforcement in the area around the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-98

 VietNamNet Bridge – The following are the highlights of international responses to current developments provoked by the illegal installation of Chinese oil rig in the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of Viet Nam.

Dr Nguyen Ba Dien, director of the Centre for the Sea and International Marine Law under the Hanoi-based National University, says Vietnam is likely to bring China to international jurisdiction organisations given its violation of international law

When setting its oil rig in Vietnam's waters, China has targeted more than one goal. It has tried to alleviate tension, but at the same time continue the East Sea de facto occupation and its economic resource exploitation plans.

 VietNamNet Bridge – During the past months, many foreign experts and scholars voiced their concern over China’s illegal placement of Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – During the HD-981 drilling rig incident, China used malicious tactics, civilian and civilian-disguised forces, and conducted civil and economic measures, not military actions, that were offensive to the international community.

Professor Dr Vu Van Hien, Deputy Chairman of the Party Central Theoretical Council outlined his vision of China’s wrongdoing that has resulted in the escalation of tensions in the East Sea in a recent interview granted to a Japanese reporter.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thailand’s acting Minister for Foreign Affairs Sihasak Phuangketkeow on June 5 granted an exclusive interview to the Viet Nam Government Portal regarding the current developments in the East Sea,

 China on June 5 sent two more military ships to defend the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981, which is illegally placed in Vietnam’s waters, according to the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department.

  The Vietnamese delegation to the UN, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, sent a diplomatic note on June 5 to the permanent representative missions of countries in Geneva and Swiss-based international organisations.

Vietnam hopes that the US will have a stronger voice and take more practical actions to contribute to peace, stability, security, and maritime safety in the region, and to settling regional disputes in line with international law.

The use of force is not an appropriate solution to "possess sovereignty", as it is against international law, and destroys world and regional peace. If a country occupies the East Sea that way, its sovereignty will never be recognized.