As the international community marks the 30th anniversary of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), the dialogue offers an opportunity not only to assess the role of dispute settlement mechanisms under UNCLOS but also to advance ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, and Politburo member, Director of the Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee’s Commission for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi co-chaired the ...

As a coastal nation with more than 3,260 kilometres of coastline and thousands of islands, Vietnam’s commitment to responsible implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is in line with the country’s thorough foreign ...

The South China Sea dispute is one of the most complex and tense geopolitical issues in Southeast Asia, primarily involving China and several other countries such as Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and Taiwan. Background The South China Sea holds ...

Ship 251 of Brigade 127 under Naval Region 5 of the Vietnam People’s Navy successfully completed the 75th joint patrol with Ship 1141 of Ream Naval Base of the Royal Cambodian Navy in the waters between the two countries. Vietnam ...

The DK1 platform, which are clusters of Vietnamese economic and technical services built on its southern continental shelf, have been standing firm on the wave front for the past 35 years, thanks to the dedicated efforts of officials and soldiers ...

Once again conflict has almost erupted in the South China Sea. a J-15 Chinese fighter jet takes off from the Shandong aircraft carrier during the combat readiness patrol and military exercises around the Taiwan Island, May 2023An Ni/Xinhua Last week, ...

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on September 20 signed the United Nations agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (the High Seas Treaty), making Vietnam one of the first ...

An international workshop discussing the values and practical application of laws on territory and border was jointly held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Wallonia-Brussels General Delegation of Belgium in Vietnam in Hanoi on September 7, gathering 150 ...

Vietnam strongly protests to China’s inclusion of a part of Hoang Sa (Paracel) in its military exercise in the East Sea and demands that China respect Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel), affirmed Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...

Following high-level US-China talks, a Chinese research ship and its escort, which operated for nearly a month in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, left those waters on Monday night. A Chinese research ship and its ...

The Government of Vietnam has recently issued a resolution approving the strategy on sustainable exploitation and use of maritime resources and protection of maritime environment by 2030 with a vision towards 2050. The Government has recently issued a resolution approving the strategy ...

Marine scientific research plays an important role in biodiversity conservation and restoration, and sustainable development, heard an ocean dialogue held in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on October 5. The 9th Ocean Dialogue takes the theme of “Marine ...

Since becoming a signatory to UNCLOS 1982, Vietnam has remained a responsible member and has made significant efforts to endorse and implement its provisions, according to an article posted on Fulcrum.sg, a website of Singapore. An oil rig of Vietnam ...

A delegation of more than 40 overseas Vietnamese (OV) from 17 countries around the world have visited people and soldiers in Truong Sa island district, the south central province of Khanh Hoa, and DK1 platform. The delegation comprises more than ...

  More than four decades after national reunification, the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago has been changing day-by-day. Those who have helped beautify the islands and islets are also those who firmly defend Vietnam’s sovereignty over them. Truong Sa archipelago consists ...

In addition to ensuring maritime safety in the surrounding territorial waters, lighthouses on islands of Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago in Truong Sa district of the south central province of Khanh Hoa, have also affirmed Vietnam’s sovereignty over seas and islands. ...

By Yang Sheng and Liu Xuanzun Source: Global Times Published: 2020/7/28 23:28:40 The guided-missile frigate Yulin (Hull 569) attached to a destroyer flotilla with the navy under the PLA Southern Theater Command fires its main-gun against mock ashore targets during ...

PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 13, 2020 The United States champions a free and open Indo-Pacific. Today we are strengthening U.S. policy in a vital, contentious part of that region — the South China Sea. We ...

“China is just pushing on all fronts,” a former defense official told Foreign Policy. “I’m worried at some point that the dam is going to break somewhere.” BY JACK DETSCH | JULY 9, 2020, 4:58 PM Faced with increasingly brazen ...