(VOVworld) – A discussion about Vietnam-US relations between the US ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius and US and international scholars was held in Washington DC on Thursday. The event was held by the Center for Strategic and International Studies to mark President Obama’s recent visit to Vietnam.

(VOVworld) – The 12th ASEAN-China senior officials’ meeting on the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) will take place in Vietnam’s Ha Long City on June 9. The routine meeting aims to foster the implementation of the DOC and the building of a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC). At present DOC remains the most important legally-binding document between ASEAN and China in resolving security challenges in the East Sea.

(VOVworld) - Protecting the marine environment is a crucial task of all ministries and localities, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a meeting in Nam Dinh on Wednesday in response to Vietnam Sea and Island Week and World Oceans Day 2016.

(VOVworld) – Documents, artifacts, and publications, which are legal and historical evidence of Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, are being showcased in the southern province of Binh Duong.

(VOVworld)- The 15th Shangri-La Dialogue has ended in Singapore amidst numerous security challenges and reduction of strategic trust between nations. At the event, Vietnam participated in several discussions to stress the importance of peace, national interests and responsibility in creating peace.

(VOVworld)- The Group 7 (G7) industrialized nations recently issued a joint statement on maritime security, denouncing China’s reclamation of islands in the East Sea. It demonstrates the international community’s growing concerns about the East Sea, where tensions are mounting because of Beijing’s flouting of international law.

(VOVworld) - Nearly 100 maps, documents and publications on Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos are on display at Dong Xoai town in the southern province of Binh Phuoc.

(VOVworld) – US President Barack Obama delivered his remarks to approximately 2,000 people at the National Convention Center in Hanoi on Tuesday

(VOVworld) – Poland’s Center for International Relations has held a conference on the East Sea issue in Warsaw.

(VOVworld) - The Vietnam Fisheries Association has issued a denunciation of China’s illegal ban on fishing in the East Sea. In its protest, the association said the illegal seasonal ban by the Chinese has been in place for many years, interfering with the activities of Vietnamese fishermen, violating Vietnam’s maritime sovereignty over the two archipelagoes of Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel), and Vietnam’s jurisdiction over the waters under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).