VOV.VN - A storm with the international name of Yagi, the third one this year, has moved into the water to the east of Luzon Island of the Philippines, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting reported on September 2.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always values and gives top priority to the friendly neighbourliness and comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China, said visiting Vietnamese Party General Secretary and President To Lam told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during their top-level talks in Beijing on August 19.

Strengthening multilateral diplomacy provides Vietnam with a platform to promote its values, including respect for international law, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, especially in the context of tensions in the East Sea.

A delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) led by Vice Chairman Nguyen Khac Dinh met with Speaker of the Malaysian House of Representatives Johari Bin Abdul and held talks with Deputy President of the Senate Nur Jazlan Bin Tan Sri Mohamed in Kuala Lumpur on August 9.

VOV.VN - A tropical depression in the waters of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago gained its strength into a tropical storm on July 21 morning, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - A low pressure area strengthened into a tropical depression in the East Sea on July 19, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - To show its goodwill and sense of responsibility, Vietnam has informed relevant countries about the presentation of its submission on the limits of the extended continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles with respect to the central area of the East Sea.

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.