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).

Increasingly complicated and tense developments related to the South China Sea are attracting international attention. Meanwhile, some information sources are trying to mislead the public in different countries as to the nature of the issue, its causes and actual developments. The Vietnam Peace and Development Foundation (VPDF) would like to introduce the collection of analysis by experts at the VPDF, with the hope of helping international friends and the people of various countries, including China, to have a better understanding of the issue.

Emeritus professor Carl Thayer, one of the world's leading South China Sea specialists, has said that the US Note Verbale to the United Nations was aimed at challenging Chinese sovereignty claims and winning over littoral states who are being bullied by China.

India-Australia relation is strengthened in the context of tension in the South China Sea.

"All activities without Vietnam’s permission in the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos are valueless," stressed Vice Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Doan Khac Viet on May 28.

The People’s Committee of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands District in Da Nang strongly protested China’s decision to establish the so-called “Xisha District” and “Nansha District” on Vietnam’s Hoang Sa and Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands, Vietnam News reported.

The Foreign Ministry of Vietnam on April 3 voiced its opposition to China after a Vietnamese fishing vessel with eight crew members on board was sunk after being hit by a Chinese ship in the "BienDong" (East Sea), and asked China not to complicate the situation in the waters.