Vietnam Coast Guard improves the quality and effectiveness of law enforcement at sea

Thursday, December 15, 2022, 08:46 (GMT+7)
In the foreseeable future, the situation in the East Sea region continues to pose a potential risk of instability and unpredictability. Crimes and violations, especially the ones involving foreign elements, tend to rise with complicated developments, increasingly sophisticated methods and tricks, strict organisation, and modern means and equipment, etc. requiring that the work of law enforcement at sea of all the forces in general and of the Coast Guard in particular be promoted, strengthened using drastic, synchronous and effective measures.

Coast Guard Reconnaissance Unit No.2 improves its synergy in the new situation

Thursday, June 24, 2021, 14:19 (GMT+7)
Over the years, under the direct leadership and direction of the VCG’s Party Committee and Command, the Unit has promoted the VCG’s tradition of “being resolute and courageous, surmounting difficulties, ensuring unity and coordination, and strictly maintaining law,” successfully fulfilled its function and task, and contributed to defending the Homeland’s seas and islands

On overlapping seas

Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 08:10 (GMT+7)
To delimit maritime boundaries and reduce overlapping claims, relevant countries must devote more effort to negotiation on the basis of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. If parties have not reached any agreement on maritime boundaries yet, they should work towards a solution for the joint exploitation of overlapping seas

Vietnam Coast Guard strengthens foreign relations and international cooperation

Friday, August 28, 2020, 15:16 (GMT+7)
Together with good performance of its advisory function to the Party, the State, the Central Military Commission on foreign affairs and international cooperation in assigned fields, the High Command of the Coast Guard has maintained and promoted friendly relations bilaterally and multilaterally with maritime law enforcement forces of world and regional countries.

A snapshot of the two gulfs in the East Sea

Saturday, August 08, 2020, 19:43 (GMT+7)
Located in the Northwestern portion of the East Sea between Vietnam and China, the Gulf of Tonkin is one of the largest saltwater gulfs in the world, covering an area of about 126,250 square km, with its widest place of about 310 km, and narrowest place of about 207 km.

Agreement on Historical Water between Vietnam and Cambodia

Wednesday, July 29, 2020, 06:43 (GMT+7)
Because there hasn’t been a demarcation agreement on the sea border between Vietnam and Cambodia, on July 7, 1982, the two countries signed an Agreement on "Historic waters of Vietnam and Cambodia", aiming to reach an agreement on the legal sovereignty of the islands, the scope and powers of management, exploitation and use of resources in the historical waters of each country

China requested to withdraw all ships from Vietnam’s EEZ

Friday, August 23, 2019, 07:55 (GMT+7)
Vietnam has demanded China to immediately stop violations, withdraw all vessels from Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and not have actions to increase tensions, complicate the situation, and threaten peace, stability and security in the East Sea and the region, the Foreign Ministry’s Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has said

Forming a protective shield in the “between-wind-and-water” region

Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 07:48 (GMT+7)
Southwestern waters, which span an area of over 300,000 km2, are adjacent to Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. There are approximately 200 islands in Southwestern waters, including Phu Quoc, Hon Rai, Hon Tre, Tho Chu, Nam Du, Hon Chuoi, Hon Khoai, to name but a few. Phu Quoc is the largest island covering an area of 589.23km², approximately the size of Singapore. Some islands are close to the maritime shipping route to the Gulf of Thailand, which is conducive to the building of seaports and regional and international connectivity

A snapshot of Vietnamese Sea and Islands

Tuesday, September 01, 2015, 08:38 (GMT+7)
According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982, Vietnam’s waters include: internal water, territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone and a continental shelf of 200km wide from baseline. Geographically, Vietnam’s seas and islands cover a wide range of area which can be sorted into main regions as: the Gulf of Tonkin, the Gulf of Thailand, Paracel and Spratly archipelagos, and some other islands and archipelagos.

Vietnam welcomes constructive contributions to East Sea peace

Friday, June 12, 2015, 08:52 (GMT+7)
Vietnam welcomes and supports any constructive, positive and responsible contribution by countries within and outside the region for peace and stability in the East Sea, Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Hai Binh told a regular press conference in Hanoi on June 11