(VOVWORLD) -The regional security situation continues developing complicatedly, with competition between major powers occurring in all aspects, and new non-traditional security challenges emerging, Vietnamese Defence Minister Phan Van Giang told the 8th ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+) on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Taiwan (China)’s live-fire drills in the waters around Ba Binh (Itu Aba)Island of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago seriously violate Vietnam's territorial sovereignty over this archipelago, threatening peace, stability, and navigation security and safety, causing tensions and complicating the situation in the East Sea, said a Vietnamese foreign ministry spokesperson.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam resolutely protests all violations of its sovereignty over Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang stated at the ministry’s regular press conference held online on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung has called on all parties to seriously implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and reached agreements and abide by international law and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam protests China’s fishing ban in the South China Sea (known as the East Sea in Vietnam) from May 1 to September 16, monitored by China's Coast Guard. The banned water spans from the sea north of the East Sea to 12 degrees north latitude, covering part of the Gulf of Tonkin and the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago of Vietnam's sovereignty.

(VOVWORLD) - The international community has voiced protest against China's new moves in the East Sea, including its enforcement of a fishing ban that took effect on May 1 on the sea area covering part of the Gulf of Tonkin and Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago and its continued deployment of ships to Bai Ba Dau (Whitsun Reef) in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry has condemned China for violating Vietnam's sovereignty by imposing a unilateral fishing ban in the East Sea, internationally known as the South China Sea.

(VOVWORLD) - All forms of communications with false content about historical truth and international law are invalid and cannot change the truth of Vietnam’s sovereignty, sovereign right and jurisdiction over Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagos.

(VOVWORLD) - Following the enactment of the China Coast Guard Law on February 1, 2021, various field activities by China in the East Sea (internationally known as the South China Sea) in recent days have renewed international serious concerns.

(VOVWORLD) - The Belgium-Vietnam Friendship Association on Monday affirmed its backing for Vietnam’s stance on legitimate sovereignty in the South China Sea (known as the East Sea in Vietnam).