Vietnam actively participated in the negotiation process and building of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and has made significant efforts in enforcing the pact. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Vietnam actively participated in the negotiation ...

Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) are two big archipelagos with key strategic locations among Vietnam’s islands, and the country’s sovereignty over them is clearly reflected through historical documents. Fishing boats on the waters off the coast of Cat ...

Vietnam resolutely opposes Chinese survey vessel group Haiyang Dizhi 8’s continued serious violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty right and jurisdiction in territorial waters as defined in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Foreign Ministry’s ...

We are concerned about the situation in the South China Sea which could lead to insecurity and instability in the region. We call on all coastal States of the South China Sea to take steps and measures that reduce tensions ...

Brussels, 28/08/2019 – 15:14, UNIQUE ID: 190828_5 Unilateral actions during the past weeks in the South China Sea have resulted in mounting tensions and a deterioration of the maritime security environment which represents a serious threat to the peaceful economic ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (Photo: VNA) Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on August 27 stated that his country opposes any action that intensifies tensions in East Sea. The minister made the statement in response to a request by a ...

Forecast of 4 development steps of the US-China trade war First step: Trade war From March 2018, President of the United States (US) D. Trump announced plans to impose tariffs on goods from China into the US, up to 60 ...

A Vietnam Coast Guard ship is on mission around the DK1/15 oil rig. (Photo: VNA) The United States Department of State said on August 22 that it is deeply concerned about China’s interference in Vietnam’s longstanding oil and gas activities ...

A soldier on duty on the Co Lin island of the Truong Sa island district (Photo: VNA) Over the years, Vietnam has consistently complied with the 1982 United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and taken peaceful ...

Boats of Vietnam’s naval force arrives at Da Lat Island of Truong Sa archipelago (Photo: VNA) The year 2019 marks the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (UNCLOS 1982) and also the 25th ...

It is obvious that China has no legal waters which could be the overlapping area, or in dispute w with Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and the southern continental shelf, including the Vanguard Bank. According to the East Sea (internationally known ...

Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has welcomed the opening of a new office of the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on August 8, coinciding with the 52nd founding anniversary of the ASEAN.  Vietnam Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu ...

The US Department of State on (DoS) has expressed concern over reports that China is hampering other countries’ oil and gas activities in the East Sea, and said its acts threaten regional peace and security, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. ...

ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing shouldn’t treat Vietnam the same way it treats the Philippines. When it comes to the South China Sea disputes, that is. It won’t work, and it won’t help the economic integration of the region either. Vietnam doesn’t ...

Dr Joern Dosch  The Mekong is Southeast Asia’s longest river and the twelfth-largest in the world. It originates in Tibet, flows through the Chinese province of Yunnan, and continues southward across or alongside Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam – ...

Protection and exercise of Viet Nam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes since the end of World War II After returning to Indochina after World War II, in early 1947, France requested the Republic of China to withdraw ...

Viet Nam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes under French colony period Since the conclusion of the Treaty of Hue on June 6th, 1884, France had represented Viet Nam in all of external relations and protected‘s sovereignty and ...

The sovereignty dispute over the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea between Vietnam and China has lasted for 45 years, which is one of the longest disputes between claimants over the same islands. This is also a complicated dispute ...

In Chinese leaders’ eyes, the South China Sea is critical to their strategy of expanding China’s influence and making China a world power. Politically speaking, the South China Sea is where China can deploy its “soft border” doctrine and its ...

China’s ambition to “monopolize control” of the South China Sea is not only having command over the waters adjacent to Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia… in the South China Sea but also controlling waters thousands of kilometers away from China such ...