Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the Vietnam ASEAN SOM Nguyen Quoc Dung attended the opened-ended troika virtual meeting between ASEAN foreign ministers and UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and First Secretary of State Dominic Raab on April 8.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on April 8 Vietnam is following with keen interest the latest developments in the Whitsun Reef of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago where China has deployed vessels.

VOV.VN - Foreign firms that operate in Vietnam must fully respect and abide by the country’s law, said a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

VOV.VN - Senior officials of ASEAN member states called on parties concerned to refrain from further actions to complicate the situation in the South China Sea known as the East Sea in Vietnam, during their videoconference on April 7.

The cross-border e-commerce platform Fado.vn, on April 7, officially announced its indefinite halt of trading items from the Swedish fashion retailer H&M, following H&M’s posting of a map containing the so-called nine-dash line on its website.

Japan is deeply concerned about China’s repeated incursion into the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam) and Japanese-administered Senkaku islands in the East China Sea, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi during a telephone call on April 5.

Canada opposes recent actions taken by China in the East Sea, Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines Peter MacArthur said in a tweet, noting that such actions escalate tensions and undermine regional stability and the rules-based international order.

VOV.VN - The central province of Thua Thien-Hue welcomes the start of the National 25m-pool Swimming and Diving Championships on April 5, drawing the participation of 250 male and female athletes from across the country.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese netizens have taken to social media platforms to share information and pictures about a boycott of fashion brand H&M following the firm’s decision to post a map showing China's illegal nine-dash line, also known as the “cow's tongue”.

Vietnam’s stunning seas and islands will be brought closer to both domestic and foreign visitors with the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) posting the “Travel to love - Seas beckon” video on YouTube on April 6 as part of its “Discover Vietnam” programme, the administration announced on April 2.