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Written by Le Duc
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Tuesday, 05 January 2010 05:36 |
Earth Times
5 January 2010
Hanoi - Vietnam protested a Chinese proposal to begin tourist visits to
the disputed Spratly and Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, local
media reported Tuesday.
The Chinese State Council announced the
proposal Thursday as part of a plan for development of the tourism
industry in the Chinese island province of Hainan.
Vietnamese
government spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga denounced the Chinese proposal
for the islands, which both countries claim, the official Vietnam News
reported. "China's act seriously violated Vietnam's
sovereignty, running counter to the common understanding reached
between senior leaders in both countries," Nga said.
Last week,
Vietnam protested the adoption of an environmental protection law for
sea islands by China's legislature. The law bans construction, the
felling of trees, tourism on uninhabited islands and activities that
could damage coral reefs.
The new law puts China's State
Oceanic Administration in charge of monitoring compliance. Vietnam
objected because the disputed islands were included under the law. China
has occupied the Paracel Islands since 1974 when its troops overwhelmed
a South Vietnamese garrison occupying the islands.
Both Vietnam
and China are signatories to the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of
Parties in the South China Sea. It commits the parties to resolving the
islands' status through negotiations and provides for freedom of
navigation. Vietnam and China generally enjoy close relations,
but the conflict over maritime resources is a persistent source of
tension.
Each country submitted maritime territorial claims to the UN
Convention on the Law of the Sea in early May and rejected the other's
claims shortly afterward.
The South China Sea is believed to contain substantial undersea oil reserves. Vietnam,
Taiwan, China, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei each claim all or
part of the Spratlys and the nearby Paracels, and all but Brunei have a
military presence on one or more of the atolls.
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