The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry has rejected a protest lodged by China to the Vietnamese ambassador over a new maritime law adopted by the Vietnamese National Assembly. The law reasserts Vietnam’s claim over the Spratly and Paracel islands in the South China Sea. Both countries claim the territories and station garrisons on the islands. A number of skirmishes have taken place between the two countries. Vietnam and China have traditionally been seen as adversaries, despite having very similar political systems that combines Communist party rule and the free market. The countries fought a bloody war over control of Kampuchea in 1979.
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