(VOVworld) – Vietnam and Laos released a joint statement on the occasion of an official visit by the Lao Party General Secretary and President.

(VOVworld) – President Tran Dai Quang received the Party General Secretary and President of Laos Bounnhang Volachith on Tuesday.

(VOVworld) – Officials at the ASEAN Defense Senior Officials’ Meeting Plus (ADSOM+), which began on Sunday in Vientiane, Laos, expressed concern over rising tensions in the East Sea.

(VOVworld) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken compared notes on measures to enhance the relationship between Vietnam and the US in the time ahead during their meeting in Hanoi on April 21.

(VOVworld) – Tensions in the East Sea have resulted from China’s tough actions, said Hugo Swire, British Minister of State for East Asia early this week at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

(VOVworld) - A Chinese military aircraft has for the first time publicly landed at a new airport on Fiery Cross Reef of Spratly islands claimed by Vietnam, state media said on Monday.

(VOVworld) – The Vietnamese community in Geneva and the Switzerland-Vietnam Friendship Association held an exhibit and seminar on Vietnam’s sovereignty in the East Sea on Saturday to protest China’s militarization there and its violation of international law. A petition was also sent to UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon.

(VOVworld) – An exhibit of maps and documents providing historical and legal evidence of Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes opened in Hoa Binh province on Thursday.

(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry held its regular press briefing on Thursday.

(VOVworld) – China’s island building in the East Sea is hurting the ecology and the environment, according to a report released by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission.