VOV.VN - Over the past weekend, the Group of Asia-Pacific states at the United Nations agreed to nominate Vietnam for the position of Chair of the 35th Meeting of the States Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (SPLOS).

A Vietnamese delegation led by permanent member of the Central Military Commission, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong attended the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) Retreat in Penang, Malaysia on February 26.

VOV.VN - The Government of Vietnam on February 21 announced the baseline used to determine the width of Vietnam’s territorial sea in the Gulf of Tonkin, as per Resolution No. 68/NQ-UBTVQH15 issued by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on February 14, 2025.

VOV.VN - Developing relations with China is Vietnam’s top priority, affirmed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu, in a recent interview with the press on 75 years of Vietnam – China diplomacy (January 18, 1950 – 2025).

VOV.VN - State President Luong Cuong on December 20 received Australian Ambassador Andrew Goledzinowski, who paid a farewell visit upon completing his working term in Vietnam.

All countries, regardless of size, must fully comply with the legal standards and obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, has affirmed.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the Vietnam Society of International Law, on December 10 organised a seminar on the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement).

As a coastal nation with more than 3,260 kilometres of coastline and thousands of islands, Vietnam’s commitment to responsible implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is in line with the country’s thorough foreign policy, stated Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese President Luong Cuong and his visiting Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev discussed major orientations and specific measures to enhance cooperation and elevate the relationship between the two countries to new heights during their talks in Hanoi on November 25.

VOV.VN - Upholding the great value of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Vietnam, a coastal state, continues to pursue and implement the convention as an important commitment to protect maritime rights and national security, heard a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on November 15.