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Vietnam adamantly opposes China’s fishing suspension – a void decision – in the East Sea, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh has said.

The Philippines announced on May 17 that its patrol force had arrested three Vietnamese fishing vessels and two from China for illegal fishing in the country’s waters.

Maps, documents and publications on the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos are on display at Tay Ninh city in the southern province of Tay Ninh.

Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Hai Binh has voiced protest against Taiwan (China)’s violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty over Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

A collection of 40 ancient maps, indicating the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands belong to Vietnam, and two atlases were displayed for the first time at a recent conference in Connecticut, the US.

Guided missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence of the US Navy traveled within 12 nautical miles (22 km) of Chu Thap (Fiery Cross) Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago.

Maps, documents and publications on the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos are on display at Tan Lac district’s culture house in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh.

Scholars at a recent workshop at Yale University, the US state of Connecticut, have adduced evidence to prove that China’s sovereignty claims in the East Sea are not true.

Environmental security in the East Sea was the main theme of a seminar held in Washington DC on May 3 by East West Center, a US-based institution for public diplomacy in the Asia Pacific.

The Czech online daily Aktualne.cz has run an article on the protest staged by the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic to raise objections to China’s militarisation policy in the East Sea.

A letter condemning China’s escalating militarisation in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes has been sent to the Chinese Embassy in the Czech Republic.

Some members of the US Congress urged the Obama administration to help strengthen marine security in the South China Sea (known as Bien Dong or East Sea in Vietnam).

Soldiers, officers and residents are leading a peaceful life in the Truong Sa (Spartly) archipelago.

Cambodia does not have any new agreements regarding the East Sea issue with China, the country’s Secretary of State and Spokesman for the Council of Ministers, Phay Siphan, has said.

Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan called for enhanced cooperation between Southeast Asian nations and Japan to maintain rule of law at sea amid rising Chinese assertiveness.

The ASEAN countries need to have a unanimous voice on the East Sea security and navigation safety issue, Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich has said at a meeting with his Thai counterpart.

Hundreds of Vietnamese in Germany, on April 24, gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate General based in Munich to protest against China’s illegal actions in the East Sea.

About 50 Vietnamese and people from other nations in Switzerland on April 23 protested in Zurich against Chinese violations of Vietnam’s maritime sovereignty and international law in the East Sea.

Vietnam and China has recently completed their joint survey of waters off the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin.

Vietnam and China have agreed to step up their cooperation in less sensitive maritime issues during the eighth round of talks between working groups from the two countries.