(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.

(VOVworld) - On May 7, Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabad returned home after his two-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

(VOVworld) – During a reception for Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hong Xiaoyong on Thursday, President Tran Dai Quang said Vietnam always deems it important to continue its friendly neighborliness and comprehensive cooperation with China, considering it one of the top priorities of Vietnam’s foreign policy.

(VOVworld) – Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida agreed on Wednesday that East Sea disputes must be settled peacefully in accordance with international laws.

(VOVworld) – On Monday, during a visit to Thailand Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida announced an aid initiative of 7 billion USD over the next 3 years to boost development in the lower Mekong basin including Mekong-subregional countries: Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.

(VOVworld)- Some 200 Vietnamese living in Japan’s Osaka prefecture and Kansai region plus many Japanese took to the streets on Sunday to protest China’s violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty in the East Sea.

(VOVworld) – 400 people representing 65,000 Vietnamese in the Czech Republic demonstrated in front of the Chinese Embassy in Prague to send a letter of protest against China’s accelerated militarization in the East Sea.

(VOVworld) – Singapore’s daily “Straits Times” newspaper reported on Friday that Beijing has proposed a joint statement pledging to adhere to the principles of an earlier pact, including refraining from increasing tensions in the area pending a binding agreement on how China and ASEAN should manage territorial disputes in the East Sea.