VietNamNet Bridge – ASEAN Defense Ministers on May 20 in Nay Pyi Taw passed a three-year working program (2014-2016) and a joint statement on “Defense cooperation towards community and prosperity”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The seventh session of the 13th National Assembly (NA) opened in the capital city yesterday in the context of complicated regional and global developments, Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung said in his opening remark.

 VietNamNet Bridge – President of the France-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarian Group Christian Poncelet has critisised China’s placement of the Haiyang Shiyou -981 oil rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As a sitting member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), China should cease its act of aggression and readily agree upon a dispute settlement mechanism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The international community has continually expressed concern over China’s illegal placement of Haiyang Shiyou 981 in Vietnam’s waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The European Union (EU) encourages good faith participation by Vietnam and China in dialogues to resolve the East Sea issue.

VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time since 1995, ASEAN issued a stand-alone Statement on a complicated situation threatening peace, maritime security and safety in the East Sea. The East Sea issue is also included in other important documents

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Government will help businesses invest in Myanmar, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said while receiving Myanmar Minister of Industry U Maung Myint in Ha Noi yesterday, May 13.

VietNamNet Bridge – China’s illegal placement of a drilling rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in the East Sea infringes upon the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and ASEAN countries have reached a consensus on the East Sea issue, said Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in a recent interview granted to the media about the results of the 24th ASEAN Summit.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Leaders of the 24th ASEAN Summit have agreed to enhance strong efforts to build an ASEAN Community by 2015 and continue boosting development beyond 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend the 24th ASEAN Summit in Myanmar on May 10-11, amid escalating East Sea tensions which are expected to be hotly contested and dominate debate at the meeting.

VietNamNet Bridge – The parties concerned need to exercise restraint and resolve disputes in safe and appropriate way, said US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel at a press conference in Hanoi on May 8.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh spoke on the phone with Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi on the afternoon of May 6 on China’s drilling rig HYSY-981 and its ships operating in Vietnam’s waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The recent visit to Japan by State President Truong Tan Sang is an important landmark signifying a new chapter in bilateral relations, says Deputy Prime Minister-Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on March 18 agreed to establish the extensive strategic partnership between the two countries for peace and prosperity in Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Fisheries Society (VINAFIS) has rejected the Chinese province of Hainan’s unilateral ruling on fishing restrictions in the East Sea and demanded China put an end to such a wrongful act.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has said Vietnam will continue carrying out its open foreign policy of befriending all nations alongside firmly defending national sovereignty.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung highlighted the importance of creating and promoting a regional architecture for peace, security and prosperity in East Asia at the 8th East Asia Summit (EAS) in Brunei on October 10.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said that attention should be paid to lift ASEAN internal connectivity to a new height while pursuing the essential principles of the group in outlining a post-2015 vision.