(VOVworld) - National Assembly (NA) deputies have voiced strong objections to China’s illegal placing of a drilling rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone, demanding that China immediately withdraw its rig from Vietnam’s waters.

NA deputy Do Van Duong representing Ho Chi Minh City

The deputies declared Wednesday that China’s placement of the Haiyang Shiyou-981 drilling rig in Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone violates Vietnamese sovereignty and jurisdiction, and flouts infringing international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea.

Tien Giang province deputy Tran Van Tan (Source: VNA)

Deputies expressed their trust in the Party and State’s guidelines on safeguarding Vietnam’s sovereignty on the basis of international law, maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for national development, and preserving the traditional friendship between the people of Vietnam and China.