Google Maps Misrepresents Vietnam - China Land Boundary on Its Map Service
Friday, 26 March 2010
Concerning Vietnam's reaction
to the inaccurate representation of Vietnam - China land boundary on Google
Maps, Vietnamese Foreign Ministry's Spokesperson Ms. Nguyen Phuong Nga on March
20th, 2010 responded to the media that:
"Google
Maps misrepresents Vietnam - China land boundary on its map service. Vietnam asks that Google applies the present
offical map of Vietnam
to fix the errors.
The Governments of Vietnam and China
signed the Protocol on demarcation of the land border, the Agreement on the
land border management regime and the Agreement on land port and land port
management regime on November 18th, 2009, the Vietnam
- China
land boundary is thus clearly delineated and represented by specific
coordinations. The two sides are preparing for their ratification in accordance
with the respective laws of Vietnam
and China.
As soon as Vietnam - China land
border treaty, signed in 1999, and other related documents come into effect,
they will be officially registered with the United Nations and released to the
mapping and map publishing organizations worldwide."