A Filipino fisherman was saved by a Vietnamese fishing vessel on May 4 afternoon adrift in waters off the Truong Sa island district in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa.

Vietnam has sufficient legal grounds and historical evidence affirming its sovereignty over the Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagos, foreign ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has affirmed.

As asserted many times before, Vietnam has sufficient legal ground and historical evidence affirming its sovereignty over Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, stated a Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson..