THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST PARTY’S GUIDELINES AND POLICIES ON THE PROTECTION OF SEA AND ISLANDS SOVEREIGNTY, RESISTANCE TO FIGHT AGAINST DISINFORMATION

Abstract

The sea and islands are a part of Vietnam's sacred territory, constituting the national sovereignty, serving as a gateway for international exchanges, and holding a particularly important position in the national construction, development and defense. Therefore, in order to carry out plots of "peaceful evolution", hostile forces have used many ways to distort, provoke and oppose to Vietnam's sovereignty over sea and islands. The question is how to protect and maintain the sovereignty of the sea and islands, which is also to protect and maintain the sovereignty of the country? By using historical and logical methods, combined with analytical and synthesis methods, the article aims to present the Vietnamese Communist Party's guidelines and policies on the protection of sovereignty over seas and islands, and resolutely fighting the disinformation. Research results have shown false and misleading claims about sovereignty over sea and islands; at the same time, contributing to clarifying the Party's guidelines and policies in protecting Vietnam's sovereignty over sea and islands. Besides, the article also proposes some solutions to raise people's awareness of this issue. The study reveals that protecting the sovereignty of the sea and islands is an important task and responsibility of all the Party, military forces and citizens, especially the young generation.