Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping in Beijing on July 12.

 The working group of Vietnam and China held the sixth round of talks on the sea area beyond the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin in Beijing from December 10-12.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and Chinese experts discussed the sea area off the Tonkin Gulf during the fifth expert-level round of negotiations in Ha Noi on February 19 and 20.

Vietnam and Russia have agreed to ramp up technical-military cooperation in an effort to deepen bilateral ties.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two vessels belonging to the Vietnam People’s Navy returned to the central province of Khanh Hoa on June 30, following the end of a successful joint patrol with Chinese naval forces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Storm Rumbia has passed Luzon island in the Philippines to enter the eastern part of the East Sea.

 President Sang takes a tour of developments in Soc Trang; Top El Salvador legislator to visit Vietnam; Viet Nam, China discuss sea territory off Tonkin Gulf

  Vietnam-China border committee meets for third time; Chinese surveillance vessels patrol near Tonkin Gulf; Vietnam, RoK see cooperative prospects in 2013; VUFO leader receives US guests