(VOV) -Increased tensions in the East Sea will be part of discussions between Vietnamese and American lawmakers during a Hanoi visit this week by a delegation from the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

China must withdraw its oil rig from Vietnam’s waters and seek a diplomatic and peaceful solution to disputes in the East Sea, Ezequiel Ramoneda, coordinator of the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies at Argentina’s National University of La Plata, has said.

(VOV) - Vietnamese American scholars have proclaimed that China's actions are a serious and unremitting violation of international law.

(VOV) - There is growing concern about increased tension in the East Sea after China illegally placed its drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone in the sea.

(VOV) - Former Air Defence General Jean-Vincent Brisset has suggested that Vietnam bring China to the international arbitration court as an effective way of dealing with China’s violation of international law.

(VOV) - Professor Vladimir Kolotov, a Vietnam Studies scholar, says China’s illegal deployment of its drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in Vietnam’s waters is just a first step in a long-term strategy to realise its East Sea expansion ambition. 

(VOV) - The government is preparing necessary filings to bring China to the International Arbitration Court if China does not withdraw its drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 from Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone. 

(VOV) - Admiral Samuel Locklear III, Commander of the US Pacific Command, has called on Vietnam and China to exercise restraint and avoid complicating the situation in the East Sea.

(VOV) -Vietnam has sufficient legal and historical evidence to strongly affirm its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) islands.

(VOV) - Head of the parliament of Mexican Zacatecas State, Alfredo Femat Banuelo, has expressed support and appreciation for Vietnam’s peace stance, in dealing with tensions in the East Sea consistently and correctly.