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Before 1909, Vietnamese sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly islands had not been violated by China and other countries.

The Spratly island group has long been a source of conflict between Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

There are too many countries that claim for spratly islands! Mongolia and Laos the land lock countries would need as well those islands.

The Philippines invokes its geographical proximity to the Spratly Islands as the main basis of its claim.

After a tussle between Chinese and Vietnamese boats, China demanded that Vietnam halt its exploration for oil around the Spratly Islands.

The Spratly Islands lie in an area thought to be rich in oil and gas. The region also has vital shipping routes.

In October, Vietnamese troops fired upon a Philippine air force plane on reconnaissance in the Spratly Islands.

The Spratly dispute is part of a larger territorial row, which also involves Brunei and Malaysia.

Beijing says its claims over the Spratly and Paracel islands are a "core national interest. "

In May, Chinese warships were accused of harassing a Philippine navy vessel after it ran aground near the Spratly Islands.

Vietnam, which also claims part of the Spratly chain, has likewise complained of China's increasingly assertive approach in the region.

The Paracel and Spratly archipelagos have been considered Vietnamese territories for many centuries.

Vietnam, Taiwan, and China each claim all or most of the South China Sea, as well as all of the Spratly and Paracel island groups.

Some also believe that the contested Spratly and Paracel islands sit on vast oil and gas reserves, a claim yet unproven.

The areas with the most overlapping claims are mainly near the Spratly and Paracel island groups.

China, Vietnam and Taiwan all claim the entire Spratly Islands, with Vietnam occupying most of the disputed islands.

This work aims to examine the process of establishing Vietnamese sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly islands.

Due to the lack of exploratory drilling, there are no proven oil reserve estimates for the Spratly or Paracel Islands.

Vietnam, Taiwan, China, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei each claim all or a part of the Spratly Islands and the nearby Paracels.

In 1988, China's Navy destroyed Vietnamese battleships in skirmishes over the Spratly archipelago.

The area includes more than 200 small islands, rocks, and reefs, with the majority located in the Paracel and Spratly Island chains.

Spratly is mainly Taiwan's military sphere and Chinese fishermen are there. But Taiwan is just quiet.

If these Vietnamese are protesting so hard, it can only mean one thing. They are losing the fight for the Spratly islands.

Japan renounces all right, title and claim to the Spratly Islands and to the Paracel Islands.

Though Taiwan occupies only one Spratly islet, it is the biggest, now boasting a long runway.

These spratly islands were, are, and will forever be, part of China.

China's claims, the broadest, cover all of the Spratly and Paracelislands and most of the South China Sea.

Chinese and Vietnamese military forces clashed in the Paracel Islands in 1974 and the Spratly Islands in 1988.

The potentially oil-rich Spratly and Paracel Islands, for example, are claimed in whole or part by six countries.

The Spratly Islands issue should be resolved peacefully;

over the Spratly Islands with Vietnam (1988) and the Philippines (1994);