(VOVWORLD) – President Tran Dai Quang arrived in Hanoi on Sunday concluding his official visits to Belarus and Russia from June 26th to July 1st. Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son told reported that President Tran Dai Quang’s visit contributed to ...
Germany tightens security for G20 summit
(VOVWORLD) -Hamburg Mayor Olaf Scholz vowed to ensure security during the G20 summit. He said about 20,000 police will be deployed on city streets on July 7-8. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime Minister Mark ...
Arab countries inform WTO actions to boycott Qatar
(VOVWORLD) – Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt informed the World Trade Organization on Friday of the legality of their actions after boycotting Qatar, exercising their sovereign rights guaranteed by international law to protect their national security. Foreign ...
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 ...
Countries respond to PCA’s ruling on Philippines-China dispute
(VOVworld) – On July 12, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Hague, the Netherlands, issued a ruling in the case brought by the Philippines against China’s nine-dash line claim in the East Sea. The Permanent Court of Arbitration ...
Philippines urges China to respect PCA’s ruling
(VOVworld) – Philippine’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged China to respect the ruling made by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Hague, Netherlands, which rejected China’s sovereignty claims in the East Sea. Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay. (Photo: AFP) ...
China releases white book on PCA ruling
(VOVworld)- China on Tuesday rejected an international ruling on the East Sea, which went in favour of the Philippines, as “null and void” and devoid of any “binding force”. A conference to release China’s white book on PCA ruling Vice ...
China’s reaction to PCA’s ruling
(VOVworld)- The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Hague, the Netherlands, on Tuesday ruled that China violated the Philippines’s sovereign rights in exploring resources surrounding the Reed Bank in the East Sea. Chinese Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Hong Lei However, ...
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 ...
Talking ASEAN on post-PCA’s ruling on East Sea disputes
(VOVworld)- On Wednesday, the 36th Talking ASEAN took place at the Habibie Center in Jakarta, Indonesia, to discuss the effects of the PCA’s ruling on East Sea disputes. Talking ASEAN on post-PCA’s ruling on East Sea disputes Scholars and experts ...
Philippines President: PCA verdict provides grounds for talks with China
(VOVworld) – A recent ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in a lawsuit between the Philippines and China will be the basis for future bilateral talks about their territorial dispute, Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday during ...
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 ...
Conference on the East Sea after PCA’s ruling in South Korea
(VOVworld) – Vietnamese and South Korean scholars said the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s July ruling on the Philippine’s lawsuit against China in the East Sea presented opportunities to resolve maritime sovereignty among claimants. Vietnamese and South Korean scholars attend a ...
Workshop on the East Sea in India
Workshop on the East Sea in India Friday, December 02, 2016 – 18:25:39 (VOVworld) – The Vietnamese Ambassador to India Ton Sinh Thanh says Vietnam has sovereign right and jurisdiction over its exclusive economic zone in the East Sea. At ...
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 ...