Sea and Islands

Vietnam once again affirmed it has full historical and legal evidence for its sovereignty claim over islands in the East Sea at the 25th annual workshop on constraining latent conflicts in the East Sea

Many international researchers said China’s claims of sovereignty in the East Sea is groundless and has no legal and historical foundation.

National Assembly delegate Dang Ngoc Tung has suggested organizing tours to Truong Sa Archipelago (internationally known as Spratly Islands), offering logistics services for fishermen

Viet Nam will keep a close watch on the process of the East Sea-related case

An international workshop on a peaceful solution to East Sea dispute was held on October 30 in Busan, the Republic of Korea.

Leaders from a number of countries in Asia-Pacific have raised their voices to affirm their countries’ respect for the right of aviation and navigation freedom in the East Sea.

The Netherlands-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) on October 29 stated that it has jurisdiction over a case filed by the Philippines contesting China’s claims to disputed areas in the East Sea.

As a sovereign state over the Hoang Sa (Spratly) and Truong Sa (Paracel) archipelagos in the East Sea and a member of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)...

A US guided-missile destroyer sailed close to one of China's man-made islands in the East Sea on October 27...

A US guided missile destroyer USS Lassen navigated within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands China is building in the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, the AFP news agency quoted a US defence official as saying on October 27.

Experts at a discussion in the US’s Washington DC. on October 20 examined recent security developments in the East Sea, underlining the serious impacts of activities that change the status quo.

China’s construction on islands in disputed East Sea areas is “unwarranted provocation”, Malaysian armed forces chief Zulkefli Mohd Zin said at a security forum in Beijing on October 18.