(VOVworld) – Spokesman for the Vietnam Foreign Ministry Le Hai Binh said in recent days Vietnam has persistently carried out dialogue and serious communications with China at different levels and forms to protest China’s illegal placement of the oil rig Haiyang 981 on Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

(VOVworld) – Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc has paid visits to Latin American and Caribbean countries to boost economics, trade and investment ties with the region.

(VOVworld) - The Ministry of Information and Communications has received the World Altas published in Brussels in the 19th century confirming Vietnam’s undeniable sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly archipelagoes.

(VOVworld) - On Sunday, more than 500 Vietnamese people in Japan marched to protest China’s illegal placement of a drilling rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf. Many Japanese people joined the march, which caught the attention of the Japanese media. Reporters of NHK, ANN, and many Japanese newspapers covered the march and interviewed those involved, expressing the concern of Japanese people about tensions in the East Sea.

(VOVworld)- President of the An Hai Fishing Federation of Ly Son district, Quang Ngai province Nguyen Quoc Chinh said that he has been informed that another fishing vessel of a Ly Son fisherman was attacked by China.

(VOVworld)- The European Union on Friday also voiced its concern about the situation in the East Sea. Speaking to VOV correspondent, Sebastien Brahant, deputy spokesperson for the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy expressed concern about recent incidents involving China and Vietnam relating to the movements of the Chinese oil rig 981.

(VOVworld) – The Fisheries Labor Unions of An Hai and An Vinh communes on Ly Son island, Quang Ngai province on Friday protested China’s illegal deployment of a drilling rig and military vessels in Vietnamese waters.

(VOVworld) - The Vietnamese people and international community on Thursday continued to oppose China putting its drilling rig HD 981 into operation in oil and gas field 143 in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone, considering this an act of violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty in the East Sea.

(VOVworld) – More than 3,000 domestic and foreign delegates attended the opening ceremony of the 2014 UN Day of Vesak at Bai Dinh Pagoda in Ninh Binh province on Thursday.

(VOVworld) – A grand ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu victory took place on Wednesday in Dien Bien Phu city in the northwestern province of Dien Bien.