A photo exhibition themed “Travelling Vietnam through photos” was launched in Moscow, Russia on July 21st to introduce culture and coastal life to Russian audience through the lens of female Russian photographer Vera Mazhirina.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on April 29 handed over 30 billion VND (1.27 million USD) in donations from local people and soldiers to help build a medical station on Nam Yet Island in Truong Sa archipelago.

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.

Since its liberation on April 29th, 1975, thanks to the investment of the Party, State, the Ministry of National Defence, the joint hands of ministries, sectors, central and local agencies, businesses, people nationwide and overseas Vietnamese, together with the armed soldiers’ and islanders’ spirit, Spratly Islands in the central province of Khanh Hoa have seen remarkable positive changes.

Dr. Le Hong Hiep from the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore has said China’s recent acts in the East Sea has made the regional situation more tense and uncertain, thus hindering negotiations on a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).

Vietnam has taken correct and timely action on the East Sea issue by sending a diplomatic note to the UN Secretary General to oppose China's claim over the East Sea and assert Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, according to Russian international law researchers and experts.

Vietnam requests China to respect its sovereignty and take no actions that escalate tensions and complicate the situation, affecting peace and stability in the East Sea and the region, as well as efforts of countries in negotiations of a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC), spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang on October 25th once again stressed Vietnam’s request for relevant parties not to repeat violations of the country’s waters while answering reporters’ question regarding a group of Chinese ships’ withdrawal from Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

(CPV) – The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Online Newspaper on October 14th held a seminar with the theme “Vietnam’s legal rights and interests in the East Sea in accordance with international law”.