VOV.VN - A regional workshop on the role of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in the settlement of disputes relating to the Law of the Sea opened on May 5 at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Vietnam's candidacy to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) for the 2026 to 2035 tenure aims to make greater contribution to the efforts in promoting the rule of law globally, according to Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN.

VOV.VN - The country nominated Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan Anh, director general of the East Sea Institute of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, to run as a judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) for the 2026 to 2035 term at the 34th meeting of States Parties to the UNCLOS (SPLOS-34) held in New York from June 10 to June 14.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for the European Commission (EC) to remove its “yellow card” against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Vietnam at a reception in Hanoi on November 2 for Valdis Dombrovskis, the visiting executive vice president of the EC.

President Vo Van Thuong met with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China Zhao Leji in Beijing on October 17, the first day of his trip to China to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and Singaporean Permanent Secretary for Defence Chan Heng Kee co-chaired the 14th defence policy dialogue between Vietnam and Singapore in Hanoi on October 5.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Party and State place great importance on and consider the development of a friendly, stable and healthy cooperative relationship with China a strategic choice and top priority in Vietnam's external policy.

Vietnam opposes any use of force against its fishing vessels operating normally at sea, threatening the life and safety as well as causing damage to the property and interests of fishermen, running counter to international law and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982 UNCLOS).

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.

VOV.VN - Both sides have agreed that economic-trade cooperation is one of the pillars of cooperative ties between the two countries on the basis of mutual benefit and development.