01:00 | 14/05/2020
A US Navy ship on May 12 conducted presence operations near Panamanian flagged drillship, West Capella, in the South China Sea, known as the East Sea in Vietnam, reported VOV citing the US 7th Fleet.
15:20 | 13/05/2020
Vietnamese netizens call for the dismissal of Bayer Vietnam managing director and boycott of its products.
07:27 | 12/05/2020
The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on May 11 said that China’s suspension of fishing in waters within Vietnam’s sovereignty in the East Sea carries no weight whatsoever.
14:09 | 11/05/2020
The owner of a Philippines ship has paid a 45,000 USD compensation to a Vietnamese fisherman for ramming and sinking his boat on May 1.
11:49 | 11/05/2020
“To all Vietnamese that helped and saved our father, you are all a hero,” said daughter of the Filipino man who was rescued by Vietnamese fishermen after 17 days adrift.
09:02 | 10/05/2020
China’s ill actions in the East Sea have violated the sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction of Vietnam and other countries and restricted freedom of aviation, navigation, and economic activities there. In the face of China’s bullying, Vietnam has been persistent and uncompromising in defending its national sovereignty against China’s aggression.
10:05 | 09/05/2020
In late 2019 and early 2020 China announced its “Four-Sha” sovereignty claims over the East Sea in two diplomatic notes sent to the UN Secretary-General, with the aim of replacing the so-called “nine-dash line” that had been previously rejected by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).
14:43 | 08/05/2020
Vietnam resolutely rejects China’s unilateral decision to ban fishing in the East Sea, Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson stressed, adding that Vietnam has sufficient historical and legal evidence to assert its sovereignty over the Paracel (Hoang Sa) and Spratly (Truong Sa) archipelagoes in the East Sea ( internationally known as South China Sea).
07:14 | 07/05/2020
Google Maps has removed false information about Phu Lam beach in Vietnam’s south-central coastal province of Phu Yen, said Deputy Chief of the provincial People's Committee’s Office Vo Ngoc Chau at a press meeting on May 6.
06:47 | 06/05/2020
After 65 years of development, the Vietnam People’s Navy has thrived, becoming an elite and modern armed force and is responsible for safeguarding the country’s sovereignty over sea and islands.
16:24 | 04/05/2020
The Vietnam Fisheries Society has strongly objected to China’s illegal decision to ban fishing in the East Sea, covering Vietnam’s waters from May 1.
08:10 | 03/05/2020
China announced its annual summer fishing ban in parts of the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam), Xinhua news agency reported on May 1. China has been issuing similar fishing bans every year in recent times and Vietnam has always condemned them.
14:22 | 01/05/2020
Regarding the East Sea issue, US Congressman Joaquin Castro of Texas affirmed that the ASEAN Caucus and he himself always protest acts that violate sovereignty, run counter to international law and the rules-based order, change the status quo and cause instability in the region.
14:40 | 30/04/2020
The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City just handed over VND 30 billion (USD 1.27 million) in donations from local people and soldiers to help build a medical station on Nam Yet Island in Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago in Khanh Hoa province, reported VNA.
07:30 | 30/04/2020
Since the sixteenth century, Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) islands had been acknowledged by Western cartographers and navigators as the territories of Vietnam.
07:22 | 28/04/2020
“What happens in this region matters to all of us,” EU Ambassador to ASEAN Igor Driesmans said, adding an estimated one-third of global shipping passes through the East Sea; so freedom of navigation is a global necessity.
07:10 | 27/04/2020
Up 200 local artists, doctors, soldiers stationed on Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago have performed together in a music video entitled Tu Hao Viet Nam (Proud of Vietnam), a hit that displays the nation’s gratitude to people working on the frontline in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic.
08:45 | 24/04/2020
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has condemned China's recent actions in the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam), including the report of sinking a Vietnamese fishing boat, saying it was vital for all countries to ease tensions in order to focus on combating COVID-19.
21:28 | 23/04/2020
Vietnam has circulated a note at the United Nations rejecting China’s sovereign claims over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes in the East Sea and reasserted both groups of islands are under Vietnam’s sovereignty, VOV reported.
08:57 | 23/04/2020
China has no right to sovereignty over either of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes and its actions are in violation of the UN Charter and the 1982 International Convention on the Law of the Sea, both of which were signed and ratified by China.
