(VOVWORLD) - The 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings ended in Bangkok last week with the East Sea being a hot topic among other regional issues. Attending the event, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh frankly and openly shared Vietnam’s stance on the East Sea issue which received strong support from other countries.

(VOVWORLD) - The Australian government on Friday condemned China on recent activities in the East Sea, including interfering with Vietnam’s oil and gas exploration.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will actively work with other ASEAN member states to expand and deepen cooperation between the bloc and its partners in different fields such as trade, investment, connectivity, human resources development, marine cooperation, cyber security, and tourism, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

(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.