(VOV) - The US was shocked by a twin bombing in Copley square in the centre of Boston city, where tens of thousands of people and athletes from 96 countries were attending a marathon.

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 ASEAN Foreign Ministers reached a high consensus on the bloc’s viewpoint on the East Sea issue at their meetings on April 10-11, agreeing that the matter is the bloc’s mutual concern as it relates to peace, stability and security in the entire region.

(VOV) - After 7 years of negotiations, the United Nations has finally endorsed the historic Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), breaking a deadlock over the global trade of conventional weapons.

(VOV) - An East Sea workshop held in Paris on March 31 captured great attention from experts and researchers, especially Vietnamese postgraduates in France.

(VOV) - Vietnam has presented a report on claiming its territorial waters in the East Sea as well as legal documents proving its sovereignty over specific areas in the East Sea.

(VOV) - The People’s Committee of Hoang Sa (Paracel) island district in Danang City has launched its e-portal at: www.hoangsa.danang.gov.vn.

(VOV) - Syria’s political crisis has reached a turning point when President Bashar Al Assad’s government was voted out of the Arab League (AL) and Syria’s representative in the AL now is the opposition party.

(VOV) - The fifth summit of the emerging economies, BRICS, opened in Durban, South Africa, on March 26, aiming to chart a new course for common development goals.

Vietnam on March 25 protested China’s recent chase and firing at its fishing boat in the waters of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, and demanded the Chinese side to investigate the incident.