al jazeera 14 March 2016
Rallies denounce China on anniversary of deadly navy battle amid continuing row over South China Sea islands.
![China is Vietnam's biggest trade partner and the communist parties that run both countries have historically been close [Reuters]](https://i0.wp.com/www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2016/3/14/16b3add7146a416ba6da891966cd2172_18.jpg "Anti-China sentiment flares up in Vietnam")
Demonstrators marched in Vietnam’s capital on Monday to mark the 28th anniversary of a bloody naval battle with China and to denounce China’s growing assertiveness in the hotly contested waters of the South China Sea.
About 150 people wearing headbands and carrying large banners circled the busy streets around Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem lake chanting “Down with invasive China”.
They laid wreaths for 64 Vietnamese sailors who died in a 1988 clash with Chinese forces in the Spratly islands. Tiếp tục đọc “Anti-China sentiment flares up in Vietnam”
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