More than 200 local and international academics and representatives of diplomatic corps in the country are attending the event, co-hosted by the Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam, the Foundation for East Sea Studies (FESS) and the Viet Nam Lawyers Association. — Photo zing.vn BA RIA-VUNG TAU (VNS) — Southeast Asian countries must develop a long-term vision to build peace, stability and development in the region, particularly in light of the ongoing East Sea (South China Sea) dispute, speakers said at an international conference that opened yesterday in the southern coastal city of Vung Tau. The two-day 7th annual South China Sea (East Sea) International Conference on Cooperation for Regional Security and Development is providing an opportunity to assess the current situation in the East Sea from an interdisciplinary perspective. More than 200 local and international academics and representatives of diplomatic corps in the country are attending the event, co-hosted by the … [Read more...] about Vision needed for East Sea stability – Politics & Laws – Vietnam News Politics, Business, Economy, Society, Life, Sports
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UN chief calls on South China Sea dispute parties abide by law
A Filipino with the Philippines national flag painted on his forehead reacts during a demonstration along Roxas boulevard facing South China sea in Manila, Philippines, on Tuesday. Different civil society groups conducted thanksgiving prayers and demonstrations in Manila ahead of the expected ruling of the International Tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration on a case the Philippines brought in 2013 against China's territorial claims in the South China Sea. EPA Photo Viet Nam News NEW YORK - Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has called on parties concerned in disputes in the South China Sea (called East Sea in Việt Nam) to abide by international law and avoid taking actions that could fuel tensions. The UN chief was responding to the final ruling on the Philippines's lawsuit against China over a dispute in the South China Sea issued on Tuesday. At a regular press conference in the UN headquarters in New York, the US, the spokesperson for the UN Secretary … [Read more...] about UN chief calls on South China Sea dispute parties abide by law
China says wants peace after newspaper warns on S.China Sea (Vietnam’s East Sea) clash
China says wants peace after newspaper warns on S.China Sea (Vietnam's East Sea) clash By Reuters/Ben Blanchard and Megha Rajagopalan  July 5, 2016 | 10:11 pm GMT+7 China's government sought to downplay fears of conflict in the South China Sea (Vietnam's East Sea) after an influential state-run newspaper said on Tuesday that Beijing should prepare for military confrontation in the area. The joint editorials in the Chinese and English editions of the Global Times were published as tension mounted ahead of a July 12 ruling by an international court hearing competing claims of China and the Philippines in the South China Sea (Vietnam's East Sea). The newspaper said the dispute had already been complicated by U.S. intervention and now faced further escalation due to the threat posed by the tribunal to China's sovereignty. "Washington has deployed two carrier battle groups around the South China Sea (Vietnam's East Sea), and it wants to send a signal by flexing its muscles: … [Read more...] about China says wants peace after newspaper warns on S.China Sea (Vietnam’s East Sea) clash
International seminar on East Sea opens in HCMC
The two-day international conference entitled " The East Sea: security and development in the region to strengthen cooperation" opened Thursday in Ho Chi Minh City. The seminar jointly organized by Vietnam’s Foreign Affairs University and Vietnam Bar Association has attracted the participant of 50 scholars from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Laos, China, South Korea, Japan, India, Australia, the United States, Russia, Britain, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Canada and other countries. Strategic issues related to the East Sea like security, dispute and solution to solve dispute; and marine cooperation in region, and between the region with others have been under discussion at the seminar. Representatives of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), known as the world’s leading authority on political-military conflict, Defense Studies Department of King’s College London, China Foreign Affairs University, Asian Studies Center, Woodrow … [Read more...] about International seminar on East Sea opens in HCMC
US senator slams China for undermining Vietnamese sovereignty
US Senator Joe Lieberman has criticized China for offering nine offshore blocks, located in Vietnam's territory, to international gas and oil companies for bidding, the Vietnam News Agency reported Friday. At the Maritime Security in the South China Sea Conference organized by US-based Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Wednesday, Lieberman said that the action taken by China's state owned National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) was "unfounded" and "unprecedented." It is a "provocative" move that is a "rhetorical" comeback to Vietnam's assertion of its legal rights through domestic law (the Law on the Sea of Vietnam) passed last week, Lieberman was quoted as saying. The blocks lie within Vietnam's exclusive economic zone that is recognized by international laws, he said. Also, according to the senator, to solve the East Sea issue, all involved parties need to recognize that the disputes can only be resolved on the basis of international law. … [Read more...] about US senator slams China for undermining Vietnamese sovereignty