• Indonesia to build massive sea wall to combat rising sea levels 

    Indonesia to build massive sea wall to combat rising sea levels

    Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has approved the construction of a massive 700-km sea wall stretching from Banten to East Java, the President's Special Envoy for Climate and Energy Hashim Sujono Djojohadikusumo announced recently.

  • Vietnam, China conduct joint patrol in northern Gulf of Tonkin 

    Vietnam, China conduct joint patrol in northern Gulf of Tonkin

    The Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) and its Chinese counterpart on December 24 conducted the fourth joint patrol in the northern waters of the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of Mong Cai city in the northern province of Quang Ninh and Dongxing city in China's Guangxi province.

  • Vietnam commits to full implementation of UNCLOS: Official 

    Vietnam commits to full implementation of UNCLOS: Official

    As a coastal nation with more than 3,260 kilometres of coastline and thousands of islands, Vietnam’s commitment to responsible implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is in line with the country’s thorough foreign policy, stated Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu.

  • Vietnam, China hold 16th meeting of Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation 

    Vietnam, China hold 16th meeting of Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation

    Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, and Politburo member, Director of the Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee’s Commission for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi co-chaired the 16th meeting of the Vietnam-China Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation in Beijing on December 10.

  • Hai Phong joins national effort in IUU fishing combat 

    Hai Phong joins national effort in IUU fishing combat

    The northern port city of Hai Phong is intensifying concerted measures to join the nationwide effort in the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing so as to soon get the European Commission (EC)’s "yellow card" warning against Vietnamese seafood removed.

  • Phu Quoc honoured as a top island in the world for the 3rd consecutive year 

    Phu Quoc honoured as a top island in the world for the 3rd consecutive year

    Phu Quoc, the only Vietnamese destination to make the list of the top islands in the world according to the globally renowned travel magazine Condé Nast Traveller in its 2024 Readers' Choice Awards, was ranked second among the top 10 best islands in Asia.

  • Malaysia, Philippines commit to ongoing COC negotiations 

    Malaysia, Philippines commit to ongoing COC negotiations

    Malaysia and the Philippines are committed to ongoing negotiations to establish a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) in accordance with international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

  • Vietnam resolutely opposes Chinese force's brutal behaviours towards Vietnamese fishermen: Spokeswoman 

    Vietnam resolutely opposes Chinese force's brutal behaviours towards Vietnamese fishermen: Spokeswoman

    Vietnam is extremely concerned about, discontented with, and resolutely opposes the Chinese law enforcement force’s brutal behaviours towards Vietnamese fishermen and vessel operating in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago area, Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang has said.

  • PM chairs meeting on East Sea and island affairs 

    PM chairs meeting on East Sea and island affairs

    Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting with leaders of ministries and agencies in Hanoi on September 16 to thoroughly review the implementation of Resolution No. 36-NQ/TW on the strategy for sustainable development of Vietnam's marine economy by 2030, with a vision to 2045, as well as other key contents outlined in the 13th National Party Congress’s Resolution.

  • PM orders heads of poor-performing localities be strictly handled to eradicate IUU fishing 

    PM orders heads of poor-performing localities be strictly handled to eradicate IUU fishing

    Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has demanded efforts be ramped up to eradicate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing while leaders of poor-performing localities be stringently handled as a European Commission (EC) delegation will come to Vietnam for the fifth inspection this October.

  • Photos of Truong Sa on display in HCM City 

    Photos of Truong Sa on display in HCM City

    An exhibition displaying photos of Truong Sa (Spratly) was opened in Ho Chi Minh City on August 2 to mark 60 years of the Vietnam People's Navy's first victory (August 5, 1964 - 2024).

  • Vietnam attends 14th annual East Sea conference in US 

    Vietnam attends 14th annual East Sea conference in US

    A Vietnamese delegation led by Vice President of Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam Nguyen Hung Son attended the 14th annual conference on East Sea (also known as South China Sea) held by the Washington DC-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on July 11.