Vietnamese foreign affairs ministry spokesperson: "Resolutely opposes all Chinese claims in the South China Sea based on the dotted line."
According to a statement on the country's official news website, Vietnam said that China's official map published this week violates both its jurisdiction over its oceans and sovereignty over the Spratly and Paracel Islands.
China's sovereignty and marine claims based on the nine-dotted line on the map are "invalid," according to the statement, which cited Pham Thu Hang, the spokesman for Vietnam's foreign affairs ministry. According to the dotted line, Vietnam "resolutely opposes all Chinese claims in the South China Sea," Hang continued in the statement.
The map has also been rejected by other nations.
Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, responded to a question about the map during a routine news briefing on Wednesday in Beijing by saying his country hoped the "relevant sides can remain objective and calm and refrain from overinterpreting." China published the map so that writers, businesses, and others may refer to the official version. When using maps, foreign businesses can encounter issues with the Chinese authorities.
China asserts sovereignty over more than 80% of the South China Sea, and to support its position, it has produced a 1947 map with a series of hazy dashes (known as the "nine-dash line") that loops down to a point 1,100 miles (1,800 kilometers) south of Hainan Island. Parts of the same land are claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, and Taiwan.