Visa Vietnam - Vietnamese officials are refusing to stamp new Chinese passports bearing a map that lays claim to disputed areas.
Border authorities have instead been issuing visas on separate pieces of paper and stamping those issued previously as invalid.
East ocean
We have objected to the map because it shows disputed islands in the South China Sea to be a part of China.
Official Chinese maps have long shown Taiwan and the South China Sea to be part of its own territory despite ongoing disputes with its neighbours.
China’s Communist party newspaper, The People’s Daily, said that Vietnam was trying to contain China with help from the United States.
Vietnam have already complained to China about the map on the new passport, which this is an such as infringement of our sovereignty. Vietnam was claimed on the Paracel islands and the Spratly Islands.
Asean and Vietnam has been trying to reach consensus over how to resolve the various territorial disputes with China.