Vietnam condemns China, Taiwan's "illegal" acts in South China Sea

Spokesperson for the foreign ministry Lê Thị Thu Hằng answered reporters' questions during a press briefing in Hà Nội on Thursday. — VNA/VNS Photo Văn Điệp

HANOI, Dec 4 (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnam on Thursday condemned China and Taiwan’s recent "illegal excursion", including operating tourist cruises and organising live fire drills, into its rightful waters in the South China Sea.

Spokesperson for the foreign ministry Lê Thị Thu Hằng during a press briefing in Hanoi said that Chinese Taipei’s holding of military live ammunition exercises around the Ba Bình (Taiping) island on November 24 as part of Việt Nam’s Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelago constituted a “grave violation of Vietnamese territory, sovereign rights.”