The 19th ASEAN-China Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) on the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) was held in China’s Chongqing city on June 7, in the framework of the special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has suggested combined efforts in maintaining peace and stability, and satisfactorily handling issues at sea in the spirit of the common perceptions and respect for law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela, and Barbados Le Viet Duyen on June 3 had an online meeting with Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados Simone Rudder to discuss bilateral cooperative ties between the two countries.

Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Phan Van Giang talked via videoconference with his Japanese counterpart Kishi Nobuo on June 3, agreeing to further intensify cooperation in military medicine to combat COVID-19 and other disease outbreaks.

VOV.VN - Vietnam attaches importance and gives high priority to strengthening the traditional friendship and cooperative relations with Cambodia, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue told his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Heng Samrin during online talks on June 3.

VOV.VN - The draw for the upcoming AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 is scheduled to get underway on August 10, as confirmed by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) on June 2.

VOV.VN - A teleconference gathering various ministers and officials from the 11 countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) took place on June 2 to consider the UK's request to officially join the trade deal.

VOV.VN - Sen. Lieut. Gen. Phan Van Giang, vice secretary of the Central Military Commission and Defence Minister, held separate receptions for the Ambassador of the Philippines to Vietnam Meynardo Los Banos Montealegre and the Ambassador of Singapore Jaya Ratnam.

ASEAN and Norway reviewed their partnership at the 6th meeting of the ASEAN-Norway Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee held online on May 31.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu has described the 1982 UNCLOS as a “Constitution” of the ocean, as it has created a legal framework for the settlement of maritime challenges in the region, including emerging ones.