Scores of activists have been detained in Vietnam’s capital as they gathered to protest against China who rejected last week’s ruling dismissing its claims to much of the South China Sea.

Domestic critics accuse Hanoi of being too meek towards Beijing
Anti-Chinese sentiment runs deep in communist Vietnam, but the country’s authoritarian rulers move swiftly to tamp down expressions of public anger, fearful that allowing such protests might embolden criticism of their rule.

Activists had used social media to call for protests in Hanoi on Sunday in the wake of this week’s ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague which found there was no legal basis for Beijing’s claims to vast swathes of the South China Sea.

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