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 ...
Security situation in the South China Sea in the first two decades of the 21st century
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 ...
Interpreting the Asian policy of US President Donald Trump
The main outline of US’s policy in the Asian region, especially with China and the South China Sea The main lines of US’s policy in the Asian region, especially with China and the South China Sea area of US Presidential ...
East Sea – Weekly Review (24-30/6)
– 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 ...
Russia’s power calculation in the South China Sea
25/6/2017 Russia and Vietnam have upgraded their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partner. Vietnam-Russia are developing a joint project on oil and gas in the South China Sea and Moscow also wishes to return to Cam Ranh Bay and sell ...
East Sea – Weekly Review (17-23/6)
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 ...
Vietnam reaffirms importance of UNCLOS
17/6/2017 NDO/VNA – A Vietnamese representative has again stressed the important role of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as the constitution of the seas and oceans which provides a comprehensive and sound legal framework for ...
China asked to take responsible, constructive actions in East Sea
16/06/2017 China, as a big country in the region and the world, needs to act responsibly and constructively in the maintenance of peace and stability in the region as well as in the East Sea on the basis of complying ...
South China Sea Weekly Review (10-16/6)
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 ...
Exhibition on Vietnam’s maritime sovereignty in Tokyo
Sunday, June 11, 2017 100 photos, maps, and ancient documents were displayed at the weekend’s exhibition in Tokyo affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos. The stall features East Sea issues. The event held by ...
Vietnam asks PCA to pay special attention to its legitimate rights in the East Sea
(VOVworld) – At a regular press conference in Hanoi on Thursday, reporters put questions on Vietnam’s reaction to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruling in the Philippines case against China. Spokesman for the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le ...
The Strait Times interviews US President Barack Obama on PCA ruling
(VOVworld) – US President Barack Obama said the Philippines made a lawful and peaceful effort to resolve their maritime dispute with China using the tribunal established under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Prime Minister Lee ...
PCA award helps resolve East Sea issue
(VOVworld) – One month after the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) decided an award on the Philippines’ arbitration proceedings against China on the interpretation and application of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the public shows ...
Vietnamese in Czech Republic march to support PCA’s East Sea ruling
(VOVworld) – Vietnamese expatriates and locals in the Czech Republic marched in Prague on Tuesday to support the recent ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, the Netherlands on the East Sea issue. (Photo: VOV) Pham ...
France-Vietnam friendship associations support PCA’s ruling on East Sea
(VOVworld) – The France-Vietnam Friendship Association, Vietnamese community organizations, and Vietnamese friendship associations in France issued a joint statement of support for the East Sea ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands. China’s illegal construction in ...
Vietnam’s sovereignty over Spratly, Paracel confirmed
(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Truong Sa (Spartly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagoes has been exercised since the Nguyen dynasty 200 years ago, said Associate Professor Do Bang, chairman of Thua Thien-Hue Association of Historical Science, at a workshop ...