(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).

(VOVworld) – An exhibition on Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Truong Sa and Hoang Sa archipelagoes opened in Tay Ninh province on Tuesday. The exhibits including documents and 100 maps present legal and historical evidence of Vietnam’s sovereignty over the archipelagoes. They also highlight the patriotism of Vietnamese and their responsibilities and duties towards national maritime sovereignty. The exhibition will close on May 21.

(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry held its regular press briefing on Thursday. Spokesman Le Hai Binh answered reporters’ question about Vietnam’s reaction to Chinese Taipei organizing a number of visits by senior officials to Ba Binh island in Vietnam’s archipelago and its issuance of stamps printed with images of Ba Binh island and other islands in the East Sea.

(VOVworld) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has expressed his hope that ambassadors of ASEAN countries to Vietnam will exert their efforts for closer friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam.

(VOVworld)- The US Navy on Tuesday sent the destroyer the USS William P. Lawrence to the 12 nautical mile zone near Fiery Cross Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago. China is currently conducting land reclamation and illegal construction on the Reef.

(VOVworld) – ASEAN’s Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM), ASEAN-China, Japan, ROK (10+3) SOM, the East Asia Summit (EAS) SOM were held in Luang Prabang, Laos, on May 6 and 7. The Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung attended all meetings. At the ASEAN SOM, member countries pledged to practically implement the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 to realize the goal of comprehensive connectivity towards the people.

(VOVworld) – A workshop was held at Yale University in the US on Friday and Saturday to discuss conflicts in the East Sea. The event, organized by the University’s Council on Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), attracted many East Sea researchers from the US, France, Germany, Australia, the UK, and Canada.