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Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung gave high estimation to the visit to Vietnam by Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping while meeting him in Hanoi on November 5.

Vietnam will keep a close watch on the process of the East Sea-related case filed by the Philippines, the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson asserted on October 31.

An international workshop seeking peaceful solutions to the East Sea dispute opened in the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Busan on October 30.

The Netherlands-based Permanent Court of Arbitration on October 29 stated that it has jurisdiction over a case filed by the Philippines contesting China’s claims to disputed areas in the East Sea.

Leaders from a number of countries in Asia-Pacific have raised their voices to affirm their countries’ respect for the right of aviation and navigation freedom in the East Sea.

Vietnam has always respected the freedom of navigation and aviation in the East Sea, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh said.

Defence ministers from ten ASEAN member states and their partners will talk over measures to boost security and defence cooperation for regional peace, sustainability and development.

Experts at a discussion in the US’s Washington D.C. on October 20 examined recent security developments in the East Sea, underlining the serious impacts of activities that change the status quo.

China’s construction on islands in disputed East Sea areas is “unwarranted provocation”, Malaysian armed forces chief Zulkefli Mohd Zin said at a security forum in Beijing on October 18.

Recent tensions in the East Sea, disputes over sea and island sovereignty, and the employment of international law were discussed at a recent seminar in Lorient, in France’s Bretagne region.

Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh said ASEAN and China should put in place cooperative mechanisms to realise their commitment to maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea and in the region.

China’s activities in the so-called Sansha city have no legal foundation and do not change the fact that Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago belongs to Vietnam.

The Vietnam Embassy in New Zealand and the Centre for Defence and Security Studies under the University of Massey co-organised a talk on the tension in the East Sea in Wellington on October 12.

The US is planning to conduct patrols near artificial islands illegal built by China in the East Sea, according to the New York Times.

A Vietnamese delegation attended the 31st Ministerial Conference of the Francophonie in the Armenian capital city of Yerevan from October 10-11.

Ancient maps affirming Vietnam’s ownership of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos, and 80 pictures of China’s illegal construction in the East Sea were on display at an exhibition in the RoK.

Commander of the US Pacific Fleet Admiral Scott Swift has reiterated the US’s commitment to protect freedom of navigation in the Asian-Pacific region, including the East Sea.

Moderate-to-heavy rain is forecast to pour down in the northeast and northern mountainous areas of Vietnam from October 4 evening as tropical storm Mujigae made landfall in China’s Leizhou Penisula.

Coastal localities stretching from northern Quang Ninh province to central Khanh Hoa province are bracing for tropical storm Mujigae which entered the East Sea on October 2 morning.

Tropical storm Mujigae in early October 2 entered the East Sea after traversing Luzon island of the Philippines, becoming the fourth storm so far this year to impact Vietnam.