January 14, 2021 | 16:10
China launched several anti-ship ballistic missiles in the South China Sea last August. However, according to Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun, the fire did not fall into the sea but hit moving ships.
January 13, 2021 | 06:43
Nguyen Thanh Tong, former Vice President of the Vietnamese Community in France, has just published "Homeland's Sea and Islands" - a photo book with nearly 200 pages. The book consists of unforgettable memories of the 2016 visit to Truong Sa archipelago and DK1 rigs.
January 09, 2021 | 07:31
Vietnam and China agreed to step up negotiations on the delimitation of the waters beyond the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin and cooperation for mutual development in the Bien Dong Sea (South China Sea).
January 04, 2021 | 14:09
After years of pursuing an oil exploitation plan in the Gulf of Thailand, Cambodia has just announced that it is about to "receiving the fruits".
January 01, 2021 | 11:45
China has just announced a series of exercises in the Bien Dong Sea that lasted from the end of December 2020 to early January 2021.
December 31, 2020 | 07:13
The PLA Navy is holding three 10-day exercises simultaneously after year of delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
December 30, 2020 | 14:56
The Chinese government has just announced the draft maritime law and plans to pass it soon. This may be a warning sign of increasing maritime encroachments from China ships to countries in the Bien Dong (South China) Sea and the East China Sea in the coming time.
December 27, 2020 | 07:54
China's ongoing campaign in the South China Sea (known in Vietnam as Bien Dong Sea) - the vital waterway, in spite of the COVID-29 pandemic, has prompted blowback from Southeast Asia and beyond.
December 26, 2020 | 06:59
Vietnamese and Chinese coast guards successfully carry out a joint patrol in the Gulf of Tonkin on December 22-23, as a contribution to the waters of peace, stability, and mutually beneficial co-operation.
December 25, 2020 | 16:48
The U.S. Navy has knocked back a Chinese claim that their forces chased a U.S. warship from disputed waters in the Bien Dong Sea (South China Sea).
December 23, 2020 | 13:43
Two fishing vessels sporting Chinese flags were chased away as they operated illegally in Vietnamese waters off the northern province of Thai Binh Monday.
December 22, 2020 | 09:35
Fishing boat KN 465 is on the way to rescue the fishing boat 98089 TS owned by a fisherman in Binh Dinh that broke down and floated in waters of 86 nautical miles from Nha Trang city.
December 21, 2020 | 09:30
The year 2020 has seen many countries become more outspoken about the Bien Dong Sea (known internationally as the South China Sea) through diplomatic notes exchanged at the UN.
December 18, 2020 | 18:44
According to the Spokesperson for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam is verifying information about the abnormally high concentration of radiation iodine-129 on Bien Dong Sea.
December 17, 2020 | 09:39
Delegates in the 10th ASEAN Maritime Forum (AMF), held December 15 commented that maritime cooperation within ASEAN and ASEAN-led mechanisms have reaped significant outcomes despite COVID-19.
December 15, 2020 | 07:16
The ASEAN Maritime Forum (AMF) provides a platform for ASEAN to review maritime cooperation over the past decade and suggest orientations and measures to further boost cooperation in the near future.
December 08, 2020 | 08:47
Beijing has spent years turning islands and reefs in the South China Sea (called Bien Dong Sea in Vietnam) into military bases and airstrips - but such China-invaded territory could be vulnerable to be attacked and nigh indefensible in the event of war.
December 04, 2020 | 08:01
Taiwan conducting the live-fire exercises in the waters around Vietnam's Ba Binh Island in the Spratly archipelago was a serious violation of Vietnam's territorial sovereignty.
December 04, 2020 | 07:31
China should have respected Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes and cancelled tours of Vietnam’s Paracel islands.
November 28, 2020 | 07:57
The first of China’s new Type 075 landing helicopter dock (LHD) appears to have recently embarked on a second round of sea trials—this time in the South China Sea (called Bien Dong Sea in Vietnam).