Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse and a high-level delegation left Hanoi on Sunday for an official visit to New Zealand from March 11 -14 at the invitation of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.   Prime Minister ...

A group of four allied nations – Australia, India, Japan and the United States – intends to maintain open access to the South China Sea for international use, despite China’s growing control. These countries will probably make tough claims to ...

China’s largest amphibious carrier has its first flight from Zhuhai Airport in Guangdong Province on Dec. 24. This AG600 flew from Zhuhai Airport and had an hour-long flight before returning in the warm welcome of the crowd. The AG600 amphibious ...

An international conference in Ho Chi Minh City in November 2017 has called for comprehensive, lasting, and sustainable solutions and trust building to turn the East Sea into an area of peace, stability, and development. Themed “Cooperation for regional security ...

The operation was the latest attempt to counter what Washington sees as Beijing’s efforts to limit freedom of navigation in the strategic waters. A US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Tuesday, ...

The Award by the Permanent Court of Arbitration: Challenge or Chance for China? Many politicians and political observers were surprised by the recent award of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague regarding the South China Sea (SCS) ...

(Reuters) – A U.S. Navy destroyer carried out a “freedom of navigation operation” on Thursday, coming within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by China in the South China Sea, U.S. officials told Reuters. The operation came ...

Australia, Japan and the U.S. have a clear and loud message for China: The South China Sea isn’t China’s own sea. It’s an international sea. That’s why the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Beijing must establish a set of ...

Session 1: Security situation Just like land security, maritime security includes both traditional security and non-traditional security. Under this framework, the paper focuses on analyzing some of the main contents of non-traditional security that threaten the security of the South ...

– Speaking after the visit to China of Foreign Minister of the Philippines (PLP) Peter Cayetano, Foreign Minister of China (29/6) stressed that two countries have established bilateral mechanisms for consultation on East Sea issues and cooperation mechanisms between the ...

  24-6-2017 – The East Sea (South China Sea) Oceanographic Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced on June 21 the project of data digitalisation collected from scientific surveys and other surveys in the South China Sea, including ...

24-6-2017 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Cambodian PM Hun Sen NDO – Today, the two peoples of Vietnam and Cambodia solemnly celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations of the two coutries (June 24, 1967 – ...

16 June 2017 – Speaking during a visit of USS Sterett guided-missile destroyer to Zhanjiang, Guangdong province (China), US Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Scott Swift (June 15) said the naval vessels would increase their stay in the South China Sea ...

VNA SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2017 Berlin (VNA) – An international workshop on the East Sea was held at the Asia-Africa Institute under Hamburg University in northern Germany, drawing many leading scholars and researchers on Asia, Southeast Asia and East Sea, ...

Saturday, May 13, 2017 An exhibition showcasing historical documents confirming “Hoang Sa and Truong Sa belong to Vietnam” were opened on Friday in Nhon Trach district, Dong Nai province, by the Naval Region 2 Command  and the Ministry of Information ...