China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam 'Safeguarding Waters' in Reported South China Sea Standoff

Jul 16, 2019 | Straits Times
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Vietnam is exercising its "sovereign rights and jurisdiction in a peaceful and lawful manner", the government said on Tuesday (July 16) amid reports of a standoff between Vietnamese and Chinese naval forces in disputed waters in the South China Sea. In response to journalists' questions about the reported standoff, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said Vietnamese forces were lawfully "safeguarding Vietnamese waters".