VOV.VN - China’s action of bringing part of Hoang Sa, known internationally as the Paracel Islands, into the area of military exercises taking place in the East Sea from July 29 to August 2 has seriously violated Vietnamese sovereignty over the archipelago.

A conference on promoting trade, investment and economic cooperation between Vietnam and China’s Hainan province took place in the local Haikou city on April 10, attended by the sides’ officials and approximately 120 enterprises.

A delegation led by Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien attended the opening ceremony of the third China International Consumer Products Expo in Haikou city of Hainan province on April 10.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and the visiting Secretary of the Party Committee of China’s Hainan province, Shen Xiaoming, reached consensus on measures to strengthen trade ties at a meeting in Hanoi on February 22.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Van Nen, a member of the Politburo and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee, hosted a reception on February 21 for Shen Xiaoming, secretary of the Hainan provincial Party Committee of China, who is on a working visit to the southern city.

VOV.VN - Vietnam on June 23 strongly opposed China’s illegal military exercise in the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago as a serious violation of its sovereignty in the East Sea.

VOV.VN - Vietnam asks China to respect and not to violate the nation's exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

VOV.VN - Two tropical depressions have begun forming in the East Sea, with a tropical low-pressure system likely to turn into a storm on July 7, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorology Forecasting.