Viet Nam Human Rights
Vietnam-China friendship under a serious threat
21/5/14
China’s placement of the 981 oil rig in the exclusive
economic zone and continental shelf of Vietnam had infringed international law
and outraged the peace and friendship- loving people of the two countries.
There is a
saying in Vietnamese that “better to have a good neighbor near rather than a
far away brother” and similarly Chinese people has a saying that to have a good
neighbor costs much more than to buy a house. Obviously, the two countries have
similar thought about neighbors.
The past had
witnessed many Vietnamese revolutionary soldiers fighting side by side with
their Chinese comrades. In 1949, though Vietnam’s revolution faced
difficulties, President Ho Chi Minh still sent forces from the Vietnam People’s
Army (VPA) to cooperate with Guangxi’s communists in the campaign to suppress
bandits in Shiwandashan, the region with literal meaning Ten thousands great
mountains. In this campaign, the communists fought against Kuomintang remnants
after the nationalist regime withdrew from mainland China.
In return, China sent many experts and advisors to assist Vietnam in its
resistance war for national salvation. Blood and bone of the two countries’
cadres and troops in respective national liberation war had built up the
Vietnam-China friendship.
This once
again affirms that people of the two countries have a long-lasting close
friendship fostered by their predecessors. Therefore, Vietnamese people have
always wished to be friends of the Chinese people.
So far,
leaders of the two Parties, two States and two Governments of Vietnam and China have issued many statements and reached a
number of agreements with the aim of resolving pending issues, including those
in the East Sea so as to further develop bilateral
relationship and cooperation.
But, the China’s recent acts have made Vietnamese people find it difficult to understand, are
shocked and indignant at China’s act of placing the 981 oil rig in Vietnam’s
exclusive economic zone and continental shelf and held acts in violation of
Vietnam’s sovereignty and encroachment of the agreement on the fundamental
principles guiding the settlement of issues at sea between Vietnam and China.
Not only the
trust of people but the trust of senior leaders was also affected by the
Chinese act. In fact, at almost all meetings over the past time, the two
countries’ senior leaders always laid stress on political trust. Last October,
in the fifth Vietnam-China People’s Forum in Vietnamese province of Ninh Binh,
the two sides emphasized the need of building mutual trust. Actually, before China located its oil rig in Vietnam’s
waters, the two sides had done their utmost to build trust through a number of
activities. The China’s
recent acts have not only affected the mutual trust between Vietnamese and
Chinese people but also hurted the two peoples’ friendship.
What China
has been doing in the East Sea not only hurt the Vietnamese people’s
sentiments, but also Chinese people who want to have peace and friendly ties
with Vietnam. On Chinese social networks and online newspapers, many Chinese
people with good sense wholeheartedly opposed China’s
illegal placement of the oil rig in Vietnam’s waters.
Viet Nam has exercised utmost restraint,
showed every gesture of goodwill and exhausted all dialogue channels to
communicate with the Chinese authorities of different levels for expressing
protest and demanding China to immediately withdraw its drilling rig and armed
and military vessels from the Vietnamese waters. Nevertheless, up to now, China has failed to respond to Viet Nam’s
legitimate demand. On the contrary, China
has been slandering and blaming Viet
Nam while continuing to escalate its
increasingly dangerous and serious acts of violation.
Viet
Nam always attaches special importance to and
spares no effort to preserve and strengthen good friendly relations with China. It is
always Viet Nam’s sincere
desire to work with China
for the settlement of disputes via peaceful means on the basis of international
laws, equality and mutual respect in the interest of the two countries’ people
and that of peace and stability in the region and the world. However, national
territory is sacred, and Viet
Nam vehemently denounces acts of
infringement and will resolutely protect our national sovereignty and legitimate
interests in conformity with the international law.
We want to maintain friendship with all
nations over the world, especially our neighbors, to have a peaceful
environment to develop our country and bring happiness to our people and
international community. But trust cannot be built by one side! China you
should remember that!
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All comments [ 10 ]
Be friends or enemies? That what we can decide after long history of war with our "good neighbor" - China.
Do we want war? No, absolutely not. We have had experienced so many war in our history, therefore we don't want war. But if there is no another way, we will fight as tomorrow never come.
I have some Chinese friends, they're so friendly, and I really don't understand their leader in Beijing always want to rob our land and sea! Don't they want to enjoy a peaceful environment?
I think most of Chinese are not likely to want tension with other countries, they are also normal people wanting to have a normal life as we want it too.
That's true Quoc Cuong, Chinese people are blind by their Government' propaganda mechanism. They're told that Vietnam had robbed their islands and sea! I cannot imagine what Chinese Gov can do!
I hope Chinese Gov could realize their mistake soon and sorry us for their have done.
They don't obey the international law and likely to use armed forces to settle problems not just only with us, but also with other countries like the Philippines, Japan...
keep calm and response to China acts properly!
To the extent of confrontation, I think China should recall the lessons which have been taught by Vietnam.
Trust only be built by all sides and from sincerity!
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