Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang made that above statement on Thursday when she was asked about Viet Nam's response to reports saying that an Australian aircraft was intercepted by a Chinese aircraft over Viet Nam's Hoang Sa archipelago in the East Sea.

Once again, Viet Nam has sufficient legal foundation and historical evidence proving its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos in line with international law, said Le./.