Vietnam’s Sea and Islands

Vietnam requests Taiwan (China) to respect the country’s sovereignty and not to repeat any action that escalates tensions and complicates the situation in the East Sea, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh on Mach 24th.

(CPV) - The Hanoi Party Committee on March 21st organized a ceremony to raise funds for the "For beloved Spratly islands" program, in response to the call of the Hanoi Fatherland Front.

The 18th ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) took place in Hanoi on March 17th-18th.

Exhibits affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos are on display at an exhibition which opened in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

(CPV) - The Ha Long Shipbuilding Limited Company on March 14th has launched the biggest steel-clad vessel in Quang Ninh province, namely Bien Khoi 69, after five months of construction.

The beauty of the central coastal province of Quang Ngai, homeland of the Hoang Sa Flotilla, has been featured through 150 art works at a photographic exhibition which opened in Hanoi on March 12th.

Almost 300 passengers on a direct flight from Sweden’s capital Stockholm arrived at Phu Quoc airport in the southern province of Kien Giang on March 8th.

Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Tan Dung has recognized two communes of the southernmost province of Ca Mau as island communes, including Tan An in Ngoc Hien district and Khanh Binh Tay in Tran Van Thoi district.

The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) Presidential Council asserts its absolute support for Vietnam as well as the country’s efforts to protect the national sovereignty and sovereign right in the East Sea by peaceful means in line with the UN Charter and international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Experts and policy managers from East Asian countries are discussing how to build environmentally sustainable cities at a high-level seminar that opened in Hanoi on March 3rd.

Vietnam will resolutely and persistently protect its sovereignty as well as legitimate rights and interests in the East Sea through peaceful measures in line with international law and the United Nations Charter, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh said.

(CPV) - The Ministry of Information and Communications, the Hai Phong municipal People’s Committee is co-organizing an exhibition titled “Vietnam’s Hoang Sa and Truong Sa - Legal and historical evidence” at the Hai Phong museum.

Over VND10.8 trillion will be invested in projects providing power to rural, remote, border and island areas from now until 2020.

Answering reporters’ querry on Viet Nam's reaction to the information reported by a number of foreign news agencies that China has been building a helicopter base on Duncan island and depolying HQ-9 surface-to-air missile on Woody island of Viet Nam’s Paracel Archipelago, on February 19th 2016, MoFA spokesman Le Hai Binh stressed:

Vietnam called on all countries to actively and pragmatically contribute to maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea, and respect international law, said Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Hai Binh.

The Quang Ngai provincial People’s Committee has agreed to allow Ly Son district People’s Committee to organize fireworks display to welcome the Lunar New year’s (Tet) Eve 2016.

A wide range of practical emulation movements have been held across islands belonging to the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago to welcome the 12th National Party Congress.

Song Tu Tay is an island to the north of Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, over 300 nautical miles from Cam Ranh bay. It is covered with the green color of different kinds of trees. In the future, it will be built to become a fishing village at the East Sea, together with diverse modern facilities serving fishermen in their work.

More than 100 kids in Ho Chi Minh city on January 16th joined in a painting contest with the theme "Spring on the Sea and Islands" held at the War Remnants Museum at No. 28 Vo Van Tan, district 3.

Vietnam has requested the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) correct the Sanya flight information region (FIR) map – which includes Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

The Phu Yen provincial Confederation of Labour and the provincial Border Guard Headquarters on January 13th presented 1,000 national flags to fishermen of four localities in the province.

On January 12th, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) announced that it resolutely rejects the viewpoints in the Chinese foreign ministry spokesman's statement regarding the flights of Chinese planes to an illegally built airstrip on Chu Thap (Fiery Cross) Reef in Vietnam's Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

Thailand’s media has raised strong objections to China’s test landing of planes on an airstrip illegally built on Chu Thap (Fiery Cross) Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, saying this action escalates tensions and instabilities in the region.

Brigade 146 under the Navy Arm has transported over 400 tons of goods for cadres, soldiers and people on Spratly islands to welcome the lunar New Year 2016.

The Quang Ngai provincial Red Cross on January 11th presented 35 marine communications devices to fishing vessels’ owners in Duc Pho and Mo Duc districts.

China’s landing of two civilian planes on an illegally-built runway in the Chu Thap (Fiery Cross) reef, in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago on January 6th, has sparked protests in the region, and the world.

Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Le Hai Binh has once again expressed Vietnam’s strong protest against a pair of Chinese civilian jet airliners that landed at an illegally-built airport on Chu Thap (Fiery Cross) island in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago on January 6th.

Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Le Hai Binh has expressed Vietnam’s resolute protest against China’s pilot flight to an illegally-built airport on Chu Thap (Fiery Cross) reef in Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

A ceremony was held on December 28th in Hoa Binh city to present 1,000 Chung cakes and Tet gifts from officials, youth union members and people in Hoa Binh province to officials, soldiers and people on Truong Sa island.

The Quang Ninh provincial Youth Union has just launched the "Youth with spring in border" movement in 2016 in Ha Long city.