(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.

(VOVWORLD) - China’s recent activities near Vietnam’s Tu Chinh reef, internationally known as the Vanguard Bank, violated the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and jurisdiction. Vietnam is pursuing peaceful means to defend its national interests.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has asked China to withdraw its oil survey vessel and escorts from Vietnamese waters for the second time this month. Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang told the press on Thursday that Chinese ships have returned and seriously infringed on Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf defined in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

(VOVWORLD) -US national security advisor John Bolton on Tuesday accused China of using “bullying tactics” in the increasingly tense waters of the East Sea.