(VOVWORLD) - Maintaining peace, stability, and freedom of navigation and aviation, respect for the rule of law, sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction as defined in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) are shared interests and a joint responsibility of the international community. Professor Dr. Pham Quang Minh, Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, has more to say about the issue.

(VOVWORLD) - There has been widespread international condemnation of China’s illegal activities in the Tu Chinh reef, internationally known as Vanguard Bank, in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the East Sea.

(VOVWORLD) -Members of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) must adhere to this convention and object to violations of the document, an Australian expert has said while talking about China’s ongoing infringement upon Vietnam’s waters.

(VOVWORLD) - A book launching and photo exhibition on sea and islands has opened in Hanoi to celebrate the 74th anniversary of the National Day on September 2.

(VOVWORLD) - China is engaged in a long-term and consistent campaign of coercing Southeast Asian countries to abandon their legitimate rights in the East Sea, according to an American scholar.

(VOVWORLD) - Britain, Germany and France say are concerned about the situation in the East Sea which could lead to insecurity and instability in the region.

(VOVWORLD) - An Indonesian expert has said that the Chinese survey vessel group Haiyang Dizhi 8’s activity in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is clearly a breach of international law and must be condemned. Programme Coordinator of the Indonesian Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Beni Sukadis, held that any country which has ratified the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea must comply with it.

(VOVWORLD) - US Navy destroyer Wayne E. Meyer sailed near East Sea islands on Wednesday, affirming free access to the waters under international law, according to Commander Reann Mommsen, a spokeswoman for the US Navy's Seventh Fleet, which is based in Japan.

(VOVWORLD) - Czech experts say the international community should strongly react to China's recent actions that have escalated tensions in the East Sea, following the return of Chinese survey vessel Haiyang Dizhi 8 to Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.

(VOVWORLD) - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Tuesday stated that Japan opposes any action that intensifies tensions in East Sea.