VietNamNet Bridge - While some experts are pessimistic about Vietnam’s capability of building military submarines, others believe that building the ships is within reach and that Vietnam needs to build its own subs.

 The Vietnam Fisheries Trade Union (VFTU) has opposed an attack on a Vietnamese fishing boat by vessels of Taiwan (China) in Vietnam’s waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When Tet (Lunar New Year) rolls around, ships begin to make the trip across the sea, bringing along with them necessities and spring warmth from the mainland to soldiers stationed on the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The lighthouses in the Truong Sa Archipelago in Khanh Hoa province are managed by the Southern Vietnam Maritime Safety Corporation.

China is very weak in soft power. Apart from its economic clout, China doesn't have much attraction, said Prof. Bonnie Glaser, from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in talks with VietNamNet’s Lan Anh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Constituents in 28 provinces and cities in Vietnam have proposed to the government to quickly complete legal procedures to sue China in international court to maintain Vietnam’s sovereignty.

 VietNamNet Bridge - State Councilor of China Yang Jiechi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on October 8, met the US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing.

VietNamNet would like to present an article by Dr. Tran Cong Truc, former Head of the Government Boundary Committee on US - Vietnam - China relations and the East Sea, after Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the US.

 Vietnam has sufficient legal and historical evidence validating its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, Foreign Ministry’s deputy spokesperson Pham Thu Hang reiterated in Hanoi on September 26. 

A four-photo collection titled ‘Wishing Peace for Truong Sa’ and two other photos on art construction of Vietnamese painter Nguyen Thu Thuy have been chosen to enter the final round

Since 2014 China has been constructing features atop seven coral reefs in Truong Sa Archipelago of the East Sea by dredging sand and coral from existing coral reefs. At last count China's new features total more than 2,000 acres.

The Ministry of Information and Communication has delivered a documentation collection, ‘Map Exhibition of Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) of Viet Nam – Historical and Legal Evidence,' to the navy force.

VietNamNet Bridge – For decades, workers stationed in lighthouses on the islands of the Truong Sa Archipelago never let the light go out at night, and in doing so keeps the flame of the country's sovereignty burning bright.

 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste Hernani Coelho voiced his concern over the recent tension in the East Sea following China’s recent mass land reclamation in Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago.

This is the second article in a series written Hoang Huong during her trip to Hawaii, China, the Philippines and Singapore with journalists from 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific region to discuss the East Sea conflict.

 VietNamNet Bridge - No matter what its excuses, China’s armaments on illegally occupied islands in the East Sea show danger to regional security.

China’s construction of large-scale artificial islands in Truong Sa and its deployment of weaponry to these islands have brazenly violated Vietnam’s sovereignty, concerning neighbouring countries and the international community.

 A copy of imperial records of the Nguyen Dynasty asserting Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos has been donated to the Foreign Ministry’s National Boundary Commission by cultural researcher Ho Tan Phan.

VietNamNet Bridge – Relating to China’s building of artificial islands in Truong Sa of Vietnam, the Chief of the Government Office Nguyen Van Nen said that Vietnam has sent eight diplomatic notes to China to protest their illegal activities.

 VietNamNet Bridge - As people continue to call the "South China Sea", there is a subconscious message that this sea belongs to the country in the name.