VOV.VN - Vietnam has followed with keen interest the developments in the East Sea following news that a group of Chinese vessels had entered Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the waters, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.
Strategic trust and benefits are among factors behind the strong development of the relations between Vietnam and Indonesia, who share a lot of cultural and historical similarities, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang.
VOV.VN - The 35th ASEAN Summit has concluded after a 3-day meeting in Bangkok. Discussions on the East Sea and progress toward the Code of Conduct of Parties in the East Sea drew lots of public attention.
VOV.VN - Abiding by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is essential to maintaining peace, stability, security, safety, and maritime freedom in the region.
China’s deployment of survey vessel group Haiyang Dizhi-8 to Tu Chinh reef (Vanguard Bank) in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) has violated international law, Associate Prof. Ryan Martinson of the US Naval War College said in an article recently published on the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s m.newsprime.co.kr website.
VOV.VN - China’s vessel Haiyang Yizhi 8 and its escorts encroaching in Vietnamese waters have revoked a backlash internationally. China’s activities have put the region and the world at risk and triggered a negative reaction.
VOV.VN - China’s survey vessel Haiyang Dizhi-8 and its escorts have conducted regular oil exploration activities and expanded operations in the Tu Chinh-Vung May or Vanguard Bank region of Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.
China's sovereignty claims over most of the areas in the East Sea are invalid in legality and its unilateral actions in the sea are illegitimate, a Belgian expert of international maritime law has said.
The Economic Times of India on September 30 published an article backing Vietnam and opposing China’s illegal activities in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
VOV.VN - China’s illegal actions in the East Sea, in the long run, will bring disadvantages to China, said Lucio Blanco Pitlo, a researcher at the Philippines’ Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation.
VOV.VN - More than 50 experts from research institutes and universities in the Czech Republic has recently attended a seminar called “Settling disputes in the East Sea” organized by the Institute of International Relations of Prague under the Foreign Ministry of the Czech Republic.
The Association of People Loving Vietnam in the Republic of Korea (VESAMO) has demanded China immediately stop violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction of Vietnam in the East Sea.
There has been widespread international condemnation of China’s illegal activities in the Tu Chinh reef, international known as Vanguard Bank, in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the East Sea (internationally known as South China Sea).
China is engaged in a long-term and consistent campaign of coercing Southeast Asian countries to abandon their legitimate rights in the East Sea, according to an American scholar.
Chinese survey vessel group Haiyang Dizhi 8’s activities in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) are clearly a breach of international law and they must be condemned, an Indonesian expert has said.
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on August 27 stated that his country opposes any action that intensifies tensions in East Sea.
VOV.VN - Vietnam has requested China to immediately stop violations, withdraw all vessels from its exclusive economic zone without taking actions to increase tensions, complicate the situation, and threaten peace, stability and security in the East Sea and the region.
VOV.VN - China’s survey vessel group Haiyang Dizhi 8 had halted its geological survey activities in Vietnam’s UNCLOS-defined exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and southeastern continental shelf on August 7.
VOV.VN - Chinese geological survey vessel group Haiyang Dizhi 8 has recently violated Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and continental shelf in the south of the East Sea.
Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Foreign Affairs, on July 26 (US time) issued a statement on Chinese interference in Vietnamese-controlled waters, in which he said China’s actions constitute a violation of Vietnamese sovereignty and its legitimate rights within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
