Vietnam presented to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) its Submission on the Limits of the Extended Continental Shelf in respect of the Central Area of the East Sea (South China Sea) (VNM-C) at the UN headquarters in New York on July 17 morning (local time).

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs delegation officially presented the Submission of Vietnam’s extended continental shelf in respect of Central Area of the East Sea (South China Sea) on July 17 to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS).

A Vietnamese delegation led by Vice President of Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam Nguyen Hung Son attended the 14th annual conference on East Sea (also known as South China Sea) held by the Washington DC-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on July 11.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Maritime Rescue Force has rescued a Chinese seafarer who suffered a serious occupational accident in the East Sea.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on June 26 to discuss measures to increase bilateral cooperation.

VOV.VN - A low-pressure area may form in the northern and central parts of the East Sea between June 22 and June 23 that could intensify into a tropical depression or storm, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - A tropical low-pressure system has formed in the northern region of the East Sea, with this weather pattern likely to develop into a tropical depression, said the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting on May 30.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet, who is also head of the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) delegation of Vietnam, attended the 20th ASEAN-Russia SOM in St. Petersburg, Russia, on April 26.

VOV.VN - Vietnam's stance on China's fishing ban in the East Sea remains consistent and has been clearly asserted over the past years.

VOV.VN - As repeatedly affirmed, Vietnam has full legal basis and historical evidence to affirm its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos in accordance with international law, as well as its sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction over its territorial waters established in line with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).