(VOVworld) - Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh has reiterated that Vietnam has enough legal and historical evidence to assert Vietnam’s indisputable sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.

(VOVworld) - Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Hoang Anh Tuan penned an article to refute unconvincing arguments made by Chinese Ambassador to ASEAN Xu Bu claiming China’s sovereignty over the East Sea. Xu Bu’s arguments were written in his article “Maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea” published in the Jakarta Post.

(VOVworld) - Head of the Party Central Committee’s External Relations Commission called for the application of historical evidence and international law in settling differences between Vietnam, China and other countries about the East Sea issue.

(VOVworld) – The Vietnam News Agency has interviewed Doctor Takashi Hosoda a lecturer at the Charles University in Prague on the importance of ensuring navigation safety and security in the East Sea. He said that Beijing has used legally groundless documents such as literary works for its sovereignty claim in the East Sea.

(VOVworld) – On Monday, during a visit to the US Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urged China to take steps to avoid military conflicts over to territorial disputes in the East Sea and increase dialogue with the parties concerned.

(VOVworld) – An exhibition on the historical and legal evidence of Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Truong Sa and Hoang Sa archipelagoes opened in Vung Tau city on Tuesday.

(VOVworld) – In response to China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson’s statement on the landing of Chinese aircraft on an airfield China illegally built on the Fiery Cross Reef of Vietnam’s Truong Sa archipelago, Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh said Vietnam rejects what was said in the statement on January 11.

(VOVworld) – On Tuesday, the Bangkok Post and the Nation, Thailand’s major daily newspapers, ran editorials calling on Thailand and ASEAN to react to China’s landing of its aircraft on an airfield it illegally built on the Fiery Cross Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa archipelago.

(VOVworld) – A banquet for heads of diplomatic missions, foreign ambassadors, and representatives of international organizations was held in Hanoi on Sunday to celebrate the formation of the ASEAN Community and the new lunar year in Vietnam.

(VOVworld) – Singapore has expressed its concern over China’s illegal island construction in the Spratly archipelago, which has increased tensions in the region. Singapore has recently allowed the US to deploy surveillance planes to increase security in the East Sea.