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Agencies to ensure safety for Vietnamese in Middle East: spokeswoman

Given recent tensions in the Middle East, Vietnam’s representative agencies in the region and domestic relevant parties are ready to take citizen protection measures when necessary, said Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang.

Impacts of East Sea tensions on economy weighed

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s economy would not suffer much if China suspended trade with Vietnam due to the East Sea tensions triggered by its illegal placement of a giant oil rig deep inside Vietnam’s waters,

Vietnam investigating reports about China’s new island in East Sea: Deputy PM

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has said that Vietnam is checking information that China is building a fake island and military base on Gac Ma Reef (Johnson South Reef) in the center of the East Sea.

The Paracels: forty years on

China’s act of locating its oil rig in contested waters in the Paracels is more than a dispute over sovereignty. It is also a dispute about international law of the sea.

IADL calls for international law enforcement in East Sea

The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) has called upon parties involved in territorial disputes in the East Sea to fully observe the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to settle their disputes peacefully.

China must withdraw oi rig, escort ships: ambassador

What is happening in the East Sea is critically serious and Vietnam resolutely demands China to withdraw oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 and more than 100 ships from Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

Vietnam determined to defend its sovereignty and waters

Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh has affirmed Vietnam’s resolve to defend its sovereignty and territorial waters in a speech delivered at the 27th ASEAN-US Dialogue in Myanmar on June 10.

China creates fake scenes to blame VN

China has showed signs of moving the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou 981 illegally placed in Viet Nam’s waters in a South-easternly direction

ARF senior officials’ meeting spotlights East Sea issue

The Senior Officials’ Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (SOM ARF) opened on June 9 in Yangon, Myanmar, giving much space for the East Sea issue.

Chinese ships display mounting aggression

Chinese tugboat 281 on June 7 deliberately rammed into the left side of Vietnam’s fisheries surveillance ship KN-635 that was undertaking law enforcement in the area around the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-98

Chinese media invited to uncover the truth

Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh has extended an invitation to Chinese media to participate in field trips into Vietnam’s territorial waters where China has illegally placed its oil rig.

Vietnam calls for US practical actions in East Sea

Vietnam hopes that the US will have a stronger voice and take more practical actions to contribute to peace, stability, security, and maritime safety in the region, and to settling regional disputes in line with international law.

The US warns China not to raise tensions in East Sea

 The White House has described China's placement of an oil rig in Vietnam’s waters as a provocative act and warned Beijing not to raise tensions in the region.