Vietnam Foreign Ministry asks China to explain fishermen’s arrest

The Vietnam Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department on July 6th asked the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi to give reason for China’s arrest of Vietnamese fishing boat QNg 94912 TS with six fishermen on board on July 3rd.

07/07/2014

South China Sea: Rightness is mightness, not vice versa

The oil-rig incident is a reminder to China that mightiness does not bring rightness, it is the other way around.

08/07/2014

Kerry presses China to abide by maritime laws to ease tensions

In a closed-door session at a high-level gathering of Chinese and American officials on July 9th, Secretary of State John Kerry urged China to follow maritime law in nearby seas to reduce regional tensions, a senior American official said.

10/07/2014

Weekly Bulletin 30/6-6/7

Vietnam should prepare for all scenarios in China oil spat; China rebukes US envoy South China Sea comments; RIMPAC Drills will help nations work together in a crisis…

11/07/2014

Vietnam welcomes US Senate’s Resolution 412

Vietnam has welcomed the US Senate’s Resolution 412 which calls on China to withdraw its drilling rig and associated maritime forces from their current positions, and to return immediately to the status quo as it existed before May 1st, 2014.

12/07/2014

Weekly News 14/7-20/7

-(The Guardian 17/7) Despite oil rig removal, China and Vietnam row still simmers: Withdrawal of rig welcomed by Hanoi and Washington, but observers still fear escalation of conflict over South China Sea -(Reuters 17/7) China studies floating gas plants for South China Sea: Chinese energy giant CNOOC Group is studying the possibility of building a multi-billion-dollar floating liquefied natural...

14/07/2014

Weekly Bulletin 7/7-13/7

US Senate passes resolution on South China Sea; International scholars come up with ways to ease South China Sea tensions; China reveals rare videos of its South China Sea territorial battle; ASEAN journalist group opposes China’s aggressive actions…

16/07/2014

China ends illegal drilling near Vietnam’s Hoang Sa

The China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) announced on July 15th that it had completed its drilling and exploration off Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago in the East Sea, and is relocating its rig in Hainan Islands.

16/07/2014

China asked not to take rig back for peace in South China Sea

Vietnam demands China not take its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 back or dispatch any other rigs to Vietnam’s oil and gas Block 143 or any other areas belonging to Vietnam’s waters.

17/07/2014

Weekly News 21/7-27/7

-(PhilStar 25/7) US: South China Sea tension 'a little' toned down: The territorial row between China and its neighbors, including the Philippines, over the South China Sea has become less intense in the past weeks, the US Department of State said Friday. –(The Jakarta Post 25/7) Let’s make Asia Pacific peaceful: RI tells Chinese general -(National Interest 25/7) China's Big Course Correction in...

21/07/2014