Ministry of Foreign Affairs speaks out about Chinese tourists wearing “cow tongue line” shirts in Nha Trang
The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs requests that relevant parties respect sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.
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| A group of Chinese tourists wearing shirts with the illegal "cow tongue line" printed on them arrived in Nha Trang. Photo: Facebook |
Vietnam has sufficient historical evidence and legal basis to affirm its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos, as well as its sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction over related maritime areas in the East Sea in accordance with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang affirmed this afternoon.
"This is an unchangeable reality and needs to be respected," Ms. Hang said, answering a question about 14 Chinese tourists wearing shirts with the "cow tongue line" printed on them entering the country.international airport gateCam Ranh, Khanh Hoa, evening of May 13.
The spokesman said the Vietnamese press had fully reported on the incident and the handling measures of Vietnamese authorities.
Accordingly,Airport police leaders haveContact the tour company, requesting that tourists not wear this shirt when entering the country. At the same time, the airport police alsois coordinating with Khanh Hoa Provincial Police to handle.
This group of Chinese tourists flew to Nha Trang fromXi'an city (China) totravel nearly five days. PThe tour operator of the travel company asked the group of tourists to take off their shirts with the map and bring them to the police to hand over.
The "cow tongue line" or "nine-dash line" was drawn by China brazenly, claiming sovereignty over almost the entire area of the East Sea, despite opposition from the international community. On July 12, 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration declared that China had no legal basis to claim historical rights to resources within the "cow tongue line".
