With its dubious historic claims, China tried but failed to convince the world of its sovereignty over Vietnam’s Hoang Sa Archipelago. China is resorting to more unacceptable and hardball tactics. This article will shed light on China’s quibble.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese businesses should commit to lessening their reliance on imports from China, said National Assembly (NA) deputy Tran Xuan Hoa, Vietnam National Coal- Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) former Chairman.

Vietnam’s permanent mission to the UN has sent a letter to the UN Secretary-General, asking him to circulate as an official document of the General Assembly a diplomatic note from the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

 In an interview with Bloomberg on May 30, 2014, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung spoke about the socio-economic situation in Vietnam in the first five months of this year.

 Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh has demanded China immediately remove its oil rig out of Vietnam’s waters and sit down for negotiations to maintain peace, stability and friendship between the two nations.

 The Minister, and Head of Government Office, Nguyen Van Nen, confirmed that the necessary documents have been prepared to sue China in international court over its incursions in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – During his recent working visit to the Philippines, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has made clear Vietnam’s stance on China’s illegal act in Vietnamese waters by saying: “Vietnam desires to have peace and friendship,

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese delegation to the United Nations has protested China’s illegal placement of Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone in the East Sea at a UN meeting in New York from May 27-30,

China’s deployment of the oil rig to drill in Vietnam’s EEZ has once again ratcheted up tensions in the East Sea. This move is seen by many commentators as the latest example of Beijing’s increasingly assertive approach to its regional interests.

 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged yesterday to support Viet Nam and the Philippines in their territorial disputes with China, saying the use of force and intimidation to change the status quo cannot be justified.

 On May 30, a group of 35 fishing ships and two coast guard ships of China encircled and threatened Vietnamese fishing vessels which were operating 30-35 nautical miles from a drilling rig China illegally placed in Vietnam’s waters.

 Participants at the 17th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Meeting, which wrapped up in Algiers, Algeria on May 29, expressed their deep concern about recent developments in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The leaders of the National Assembly’s Committee for Defense and Security said that if China does not pull its drilling rig out of Vietnam’s waters, Vietnam must bring it to the international court.

Seen in the context of its actions over the past half century, there is nothing surprising about China’s deployment of an illegal rig in Vietnam’s waters. This is just one more notch in the ratchet Beijing has wielded to "monopolize the East Sea".

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chairperson of the Italian Senate’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Pier Ferdinando Casini has voiced deep concern over China’s acts in the East Sea following its illegal placement of a drilling rig in Vietnam’s waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The EU High Representative for Foreign Relations and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, expressed her special concern over China’s recently acts in the East Sea, saying these acts would affect the security environment

 VietNamNet Bridge – In an interview granted CNN on May 29, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Vinh voiced strong opposition to China’s illegal deployment of the Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig in Vietnam’s territorial waters.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung Dung spoke at the Government's monthly meeting on Thursday, and argued for cooler heads to prevail in Vietnam’s current confrontation with China. "Legal actions are the peaceful means,” he counseled.

U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin on Wednesday described China’s sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat in the East Sea as “obviously unacceptable”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The nation needs a common way to unite all patriotic Vietnamese at home and abroad, and to inspire people to confront the threats to the country’s peace and development.