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Vietnam names 'president' of disputed islands: official
Hanoi (AFP) April 25, 2009 Vietnam on Saturday named a "president" for the government body overseeing the disputed Paracel islands, which are occupied by China, an official and press reports said. "It's a matter of the sacred earth of the homeland... and we are going to continue our struggle to defend the integrity and the maritime sovereignty of the islands," Dang Cong Ngu was quoted as saying by the VNExpress news website. China has administered the islands, also claimed by Taiwan, since 1974 when its troops overran a South Vietnamese outpost shortly before the end of the Vietnam war. Ngu was named president of the Paracel district People's Committee at a ceremony in central Danang, a civic official in the city told AFP. In 2007 several hundred Vietnamese marched in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to protest a decision by China to set up a local government unit which would include the Paracels and another disputed island group, the Spratlys, under its zone of authority. The two archipelagos, considered strategic outposts in the South China Sea, have potential oil and gas reserves and rich fishing grounds. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Analysis: China sells ASEAN guns for oil
Hong Kong, April 23, 2009 Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono visited China in November 2007 after a series of top-level discussions by other senior officials of both countries. These exchanges of top military officials evidence the steady escalation of military cooperation between the two countries. |
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