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Vietnam’s National Assembly (NA) Chairman and Politburo of the Central Committee of Vietnamese Communist Party member, Vuong Dinh Hue, will visit China for a five-day trip from April 7th to 12th. The NA’s Foreign Affairs Committee made the announcement on April 4th. Voung will lead a “high-level” delegation to China on the invitation of National People’s Congress Standing Committee Chairman...

Thuong’s Resignation On March 20th, Vietnam’s Communist Party’s (VCP) 13th Central Committee accepted the resignation letter of Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong during an extraordinary session of the committee in Hanoi. Thuong also resigned from his positions as member of the VCP’s 13th Central Committee, Politburo member, and National Defense and Security Council Chairman for the 2021–2026 term. The VCP’s...

Baseline Announcement On March 1st, the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs, under China's Foreign Ministry, released a statement on its website and Chinese social media accounts that outlined China’s new baseline in the Beibu Gulf. The statement contained six coordinate points that declared “the baseline of the territorial sea in the northern part” of the Beibu Gulf, also known...

Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang expressed concern over increasing tension between China and the Philippines in regard to the South China Sea and the Second Thomas Shoal on March 9th. Hang said that any activity "must adhere" to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in order to "respect countries' sovereignty,...

Vanguard Bank Patrol On February 21st, the China Coast Guard's (CCG) Zhaotou-class Patrol Cutter, the Haijing-5901, reentered Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to conduct patrols near Vanguard Bank. Specifically, the vessel patrolled oil and natural gas fields that are located near the bank. A vessel from the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance, Kiem Ngu 261, shadowed the Haijing-3901 as it sailed through the...