Sea and Islands

A collection of 40 ancient maps, indicating the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands belong to Vietnam, and two atlases were displayed for the first time at a recent conference in Connecticut, the US.

Malaysia and China have agreed to address East Sea-related issues through the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) while speeding up the formation of a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).

More than 200 residents of Osaka and Kansai, Japan protested vehemently on May 1 against the overt Chinese transgressions of Vietnam’s maritime sovereignty and international law in the East Sea.

The ASEAN countries need to have a unanimous voice on the East Sea security and navigation safety issue, Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi concluded his tour of 3 Southeast Asian nations on April 24 with a statement on a 4-point agreement on the East Sea.

The exhibition “Vietnam’s Hoang Sa, Truong Sa – Historical and Legal Evidence” came to My Tho city in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on April 22.

China’s recent artificial island building and militarization of facilities in the East Sea have alarmed the international community and ASEAN countries in particular.

China’s reclamation of islands in the East Sea could destroy coral reefs and damage fisheries in the region, and breaches international law on environmental protection, says a report to the US Congress.

G7 Foreign Ministers have reaffirmed their commitment to further international cooperation on maritime security and safety in a statement released on April 11.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Binh held talks with Filipino Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jose Almendras in Hanoi on April 11.

On April 11, representatives of the Vietnamese community in Malaysia attended a talk on Vietnam’s current affairs and the East Sea situation organized by the Vietnam Embassy in Malaysia.