Taipei, March 9 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) said on Monday that it recorded the presence of 8 PLAN vessels around its territory.

Sharing the details in a post on X, the MND said that it has monitored the situation and responded.

"8 PLAN vessel operating around #Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. #ROCArmedForces have monitored the situation and responded. No flight path illustration is provided, as we did not detect #PLA aircraft operating around Taiwan during this timeframe", MND wrote on X.

On Sunday, MND detected the presence of seven Chinese naval vessels operating around its territorial waters.

In a post on X, the MND said, "7 PLAN vessel operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UT...