Vietnam should make greater efforts to get stronger support from the international community in the East Sea issues and hold more activities similar to East Sea International Conferences, a leading foreign expert has suggested.

Vietnam should be able to access US weapons that would improve its ability to network its defence systems especially in intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and maritime domain awareness, said Prof. Carl Thayer.

 VietNamNet Bridge - General Vo Nguyen Giap’s career spans sixty-four years of active service to the Vietnam Communist Party, the People’s Army of Vietnam and the Vietnamese nation.

The “Comprehensive Partnership” between Vietnam - U.S. is mainly an agreement describing step by step progress on a wide range of areas, commented Prof. Carl Thayer of the Center for Defense and Strategic Studies of Australia.

A fundamental question is how can all nations, especially powers, be motivated to act in accordance with international law. The answer could be found in PM Nguyen Tan Dung's Shangri-La address.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Prof. Carl Thayer, a well-known expert on security in Southeast Asia has been to Vietnam many times to attend international conferences. But, perhaps, this is the first time he visited a small province like Quang Ngai.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister, Chairman of the Government Office, Mr. Vu Duc Dam, told an online newspaper that the government had instructed to not affix any seal of Vietnam on the passports that have the "U-shaped line."