The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was adopted 30 years ago in Montego Bay, Jamaica, marking an enormous success of the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea.

Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son has stressed the significance of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in an article on the occasion of the convention’s 30th anniversary, which falls on December 10. 

The Korean Peninsula has become tense since the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced the imminent launch of a long-range rocket carrying earth-observation satellite.

(VOV) - Vietnam has protested China’s recent violations of its sovereignty and asked the neighbour to respect its sovereignty.

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has raised its objection over an incident when Chinese fishing vessels broke off the cable of the group’s seismic survey ship, the Binh Minh 02.

(VOV) - Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi insists that his newly approved Constitutional Declaration will be invalid once a new constitution is approved by a referendum.

(VOV) - Palestinians are hopeful of raising their status when the 193-member UN organization will vote on Palestine’s application to be an observer member state on November 29.

The central city of Danang has received a collection of 90 maps published between 1826 and 1980, 10 of which indicate the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes belong to Vietnam.

ASEAN leaders are fully aware that this is the moment when extraordinary efforts are needed at both regional and national levels, in order to create breakthroughs towards building an ASEAN Community by 2015.

(VOV) - Ten years after ASEAN and China signed the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), bilateral and multilateral dialogues have been organised to solve the contentious issue. Yet, peaceful settlement remains a major challenge.

(VOV) - The international community has cast doubt on the sustainability of a ceasefire between Israel and Islamist Hamas as this is not the first time Israel and Hamas have agreed to stop fighting. 

(VOV) - Vietnam has made a formal request to China to cancel inaccurate details on its map of the nine-dash line as printed on recent e-passports for Chinese citizens.

(VOV) - The territorial disputes concerning the East Sea are among the most complicated in the world, says Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, President of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam.

(VOV) - Negative information on the ongoing debt crisis in the Eurozone has made the headlines worldwide. This means the crisis has become worse than expected.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s official visit to Vietnam once again underlines the determination of both countries’ leaders and peoples to strengthen their traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership.

(VOV) - China has seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.

(VOV) - An international seminar on the Law of the Sea of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) took place in the RoK City of Busan on October 29.

(VOV) - The 19-month long crisis in Syria has seen a fragile of hope when President Bashar Al Assad’s government agreed to a cease fire during Eid Al-Adha, the Muslim holy festival, starting on October 25.

(VOV) - Vietnam wants ASEAN and China to soon start official negotiations on a Code of Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (COC) as a contribution to maintaining peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region.

(VOV) - An International seminar on the real situation and solutions for the issue of sovereignty in the East Sea was held at Chosun University in Gwangju, the Republic of Korea (RoK) on October 23.

(VOV) - International scholars have presented evidence at a recent workshop in Paris, rejecting China’s sovereignty claim in the East Sea, especially its U-shaped line.

(VOV) - October 17 is observed as International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. This year’s theme “Ending the violence of extreme poverty” highlights the need for a truly global anti-poverty alliance, one in which both developed and developing countries participate actively.

(VOV) - Tran Thang, President of the Institute for Vietnamese Culture & Education (IVCE) in the US has 80 ancient Chinese maps confirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelagos.

A representative from the Foreign Ministry’s National Boundary Commission on April 12 opposed China’s plan to bring tourists to Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.

The annual conference of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Tokyo, Japan, is expected to find solutions to the crisis in the Eurozone, check the downturn of the global economy and assist developing countries.

(VOV) - Vietnam asks China to respect its sovereignty and refrain from wrongful actions to make practical contributions to developing the friendship and cooperation between the two countries as well as maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea.

The international community has never been more worried about security in Afghanistan even with the presence of the US forces and the International Security Assistance Force.

(VOV) - A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh has attended the third ASEAN Maritime Forum (AMF 3) and the first Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum (EAMF).

As of October 1, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) withdrew all staff from Russia, ending its 20-year mission there in response to Moscow’s request. Although Washington insists the closure will not affect bilateral ties, analysts say the damage is already done. 

Tehran’s nuclear crisis is causing an intense headache for the world community. The tiniest spark is likely to ignite a conflagration, perhaps World War III.