East Sea

ASEAN, China agree to go ahead with East Sea negotiations

18:28 | 02/07/2020 Headlines

ASEAN and China have reaffirmed their commitments to fully and seriously implementing the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and soon resuming negotiations on the Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).

East Sea could be of central interest at forthcoming 36th ASEAN Summit

17:32 | 25/06/2020 Headlines

ASEAN is set to continue encountering a range of complex security challenges in hot spots such as the East Sea, internationally known as South China Sea, the Korean Peninsula, and the Middle East

Fisheries Society opposes China’s inhumane act in East Sea

08:29 | 15/06/2020 Headlines

The Vietnam Fisheries Society on June 13 strongly condemned and demanded Chinese compensation for ramming into a Vietnamese fishing boat and stealing seafood from fishermen in the waters of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.

Vietnam raises voice over US letter to UN regarding East Sea

19:30 | 11/06/2020 Headlines

Vietnam has registered their interest after several member states of the United Nations circulated documents expressing their view regarding the recent situation in the East Sea, internationally known as South China Sea

US expert believes collective action needed to address East Sea issue

18:03 | 21/05/2020 Headlines

The pathway to settle the various sovereignty disputes which happen in the East Sea, also known as the South China Sea, requires the close co-operation of concerned parties in order to press China into stopping their illegal activities in the sea, a leadi

China isolates itself by defying international law in East Sea

17:19 | 17/05/2020 Headlines

The world has closely watched China’s illegal moves in the East Sea (aka the South China Sea). Observers say China, by defying international law, is isolating itself from the international community.

Vietnam rejects China’s “Four Sha” claims in East Sea

17:45 | 08/05/2020 Headlines

late 2019 and early 2020 China announced its “Four-Sha” sovereignty claims over the East Sea in two diplomatic notes sent to the UN Secretary-General, with the aim of replacing the so-called “nine-dash line” that had been previously rejected by the Perman

Vietnam refutes China’s fishing ban in East Sea

17:41 | 08/05/2020 Headlines

Vietnam has sufficient historical and legal evidence to assert its sovereignty over the Paracel (Hoang Sa) and Spratly (Truong Sa) archipelagoes in the East Sea ( internationally known as South China Sea)

International community denounces China’s behaviors in East Sea

10:13 | 01/05/2020 Headlines

Vietnam and the international community have strongly opposed a brazen decision by the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs to establish new districts called Xisha and Nansha in Sansha city to administer the Hoang Sa Paracel and Truong Sa Spratly archipelago

China’s East Sea actions contrary to UNCLOS 1982: experts

20:52 | 28/04/2020 Headlines

China’s maritime claims and recent actions in the East Sea ran counter to the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (UNCLOS 1982), according to an expert on the East Sea issue.

Questions surround purpose of China establishing “Xisha” and “Nansha"

20:16 | 24/04/2020 Headlines

Failure to comply with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), regardless of international reactions, China continues to take wrongful actions in the East Sea (Internationally known as South China Sea)

Vietnam refutes China’s sovereign claims in East Sea

19:34 | 23/04/2020 Headlines

Vietnam has circulated a note at the United Nations rejecting China’s sovereign claims over the Paracel and Spratly archipelagoes in the East Sea and reasserted both groups of islands are under Vietnam’s sovereignty.

China's East Sea action condemned as “provocative”, “illegal"

20:22 | 20/04/2020 Headlines

Analyst Carl Thayer Carl Thayer , an Emeritus Professor at the University of New South Wales has called latest China's action in the East Sea (internationally known as South China Sea) "provocative," "illegal" and has no basis under international law

China illegally sets up districts on Vietnam’s East Sea archipelagoes

14:57 | 19/04/2020 Headlines

China has once again defied international law by recently establishing two administrative districts on Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) – the two archipelagoes that belong to Vietnam in the East Sea.

China’s administrative activity in East Sea null and void

14:54 | 19/04/2020 Headlines

China recently announced the establishment of two districts to govern two major groups of islands and their adjacent waters in the East Sea. The move appears to be null and void taking into consideration the fundamental principle of international law.