Senior officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries and China have agreed to advance negotiations for a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) to a new period.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held talks with his UK counterpart David Cameron in Hanoi on July 29, focusing on a range of measures to beef up cooperative ties in various fields.
Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung joined the 9th meeting on the implementation of the Declaration on the Conducts of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) that took place in Tianjin city on July 29.