The coast guards of Vietnam and China on May 22 conducted their joint patrol in the northern Gulf of Tonkin, covering the waters off Mong Cai city in Quang Ninh province and Dongxing and Fangchenggang cities in China’s Guangxi province.

This year’s first joint patrol of the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) and the China Coast Guard (CCG) in the vicinity of the countries’ demarcation line in the Gulf of Tonkin was wrapped up on April 29.

Two vessels of the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) on April 25 departed from the northern port city of Hai Phong for a joint patrol mission with the China Coast Guard (CCG) in the vicinity of the countries’ demarcation line in the Gulf of Tonkin.

VOV.VN - Vietnam on March 14 requested that China comply with international law, including the 2000 Gulf of Tonkin maritime delimitation agreement between the two countries, after China recently announced a new baseline in the waters.

VOV.VN - The coast guards of Vietnam and China will conduct joint patrol each quarter to prevent crimes and violations occurring in the waters adjacent to the delimitation line in the Gulf of Tonkin.

VOV.VN - Ships 8004 and 8002 of the Vietnam Coast Guard left a port in Hai Phong city on November 27 for a joint patrol with the China Coast Guard in the waters adjacent to the demarcation line of the Gulf of Tonkin.

VOV.VN - Storm Sanba has entered the Gulf of Tonkin and is expected to continue gaining strength, becoming the fifth storm to hit the nation this year and causing heavy rains in the northern region, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

VOV.VN - Typhoon Koinu is expected to move southwest at speeds of between 10km and 15km per hour and weaken into a tropical depression at 7:00 a.m. on October 10, according to information given by the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecast (NCHMF).

VOV.VN - Typhoon Koinu gained additional strength as it moved into the northern area of the East Sea on the morning of October 7, with maximum wind speeds reaching up to 149 km per hour, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

A Vietnamese delegation, led by Khuat Duy Le Minh, deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ department of international law and treaties, participated in the 32nd workshop on managing potential conflict in the East Sea held in Banten province, Indonesia, on August 24.