(VOVWORLD) - Leaders of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations have slammed China’s recent unlawful activities in the South China Sea, known as the East Sea in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - The Chinese oil survey vessel Haiyang Dizhi 8’s violation of Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the East Sea has drawn global attention.

(VOVWORLD) -Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh visited and presented gifts to officers and soldiers of Naval Region 2 stationed in Vung Tau City on the 55th anniversary of the naval force’s first victories in August 1964.

(VOVWORLD) - The 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting issued a joint communiqué in Bangkok on Thursday. Ministers affirmed the importance of maintaining and promoting peace, security, stability, safety and freedom of navigation in and overflight above the East Sea (internationally known as South China Sea).

(VOVWORLD) - ASEAN ministers on Wednesday had a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

(VOVWORLD) - The 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-52) and related meetings opened in Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday and will run through end of this week.

(VOVWORLD) - Senators Bob Menendez, Ed Markey, Patrick Leahy, and Brian Schatz have called on the Trump Administration to do more to deter further Chinese aggression in the East Sea.

(VOVWORLD) - Chinese geological survey vessel group Haiyang Dizhi 8 has recently violated Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and continental shelf in the south of the East Sea. China’s move, which has caught attention of the international public, has seriously violated international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and directly threatened regional and global peace and stability. Being a responsible member of the UN, Vietnam has been persistent to resolving disputes and conflicts in the East Sea by peaceful means.

(VOVWORLD) -Chairman of the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Foreign Affairs, Representative Eliot L. Engel, on Friday issued a statement on Chinese interference in Vietnamese-controlled waters, in which he said China’s actions constitute a violation of Vietnamese sovereignty and its legitimate rights within its exclusive economic zone.

(VOVWORLD) - China’s geological survey has violated Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone and continental shelf in the south of the East Sea, according to experts at the 9th annual East Sea conference in Washington D.C on Wednesday.