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Japan’s Nikken Sekkei Company on October 13 proposed a construction planning for Ly Son island to the Quang Ngai People’s Committee.

About 150 domestic and foreign scientists and scholars yesterday gathered at an international seminar in the port city of Hai Phong to seek solutions to ensure the environmental and maritime security for a blue East Sea.

On October 10, Chairman of Khanh Hoa People’s Committee Le Duc Vinh issued a statement that the central province of Khanh Hoa has opposed China’s organisation of an election for the so-called "Sansha" city in the East Sea.

A seminar was recently held in Hanoi, focusing on dissecting the content of the recent ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, the Netherlands, on the Philippines’s lawsuit against China’s claims in the East Sea.

On October 7, a seminar on the situation in the East Sea following the recent ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, the Netherlands, on the Philippines’s lawsuit against China’s claims in the waters was held in Moscow, Russia.

On October 3, responding to reporters’ questions on Vietnam’s reaction to China holding the election for the 2nd Municipal Congress of “Sansha city” and conducting patrols in the waters off the Hoang Sa (Paracel) islands, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh stressed:

​The East Sea issue recently once again played the focused theme of an international workshop that was held at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra where experts looked into a number of issues regarding this important sea.

President Tran Dai Quang has welcomed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at the Presidential Palace, opening Philippine President’s official visit to Vietnam from September 28-29.

​The fact that China`s dredging and construction activities for military purposes seriously affect the devastation of the ecosystem around some islands in the East Sea.

​Within the framework of the activities of Vietnam`s high-level delegation to the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly in New York Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh yesterday received US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

On September 22, Vietnam Foreign Ministry`s Spokesperson Le Hai Binh responded to reporters’ queries on recent developments in the East Sea at a regular press briefing in Hanoi that all nations in and outside the East Sea share benefits as well as responsibility for maintaining peace and stability in the area.

Vietnam and China on September 21 agreed to step up their cooperation in less sensitive maritime issues during the ninth round of talks between working groups from the two countries, which have been held in Hanoi.

The Ministry of Information and Communications and the Vietnam Youth Federation recently launched the contest, themed “Overseas Vietnamese youths and students with the task of protecting national sovereignty over sea and island territories”, that is being held from July to December 2016.

Representatives of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) called for peaceful settlement in the East Sea without using violence in the final document adopted by the 17th NAM Summit which yesterday wrapped up in Venezuela.

An exhibition of historical and legal evidence proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos has been recently opened at Border Guard Command.

September 13 afternoon, at the Great Hall of People, Beijing, China, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with General Secretary of the Communist Party of China cum State President of the People`s Republic of China Xi Jinping.

On September 12 afternoon, following the welcome ceremony, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has conducted talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 13th ASEAN-China Summit in Nanning, China, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc said that Vietnam always attaches importance to and supports ASEAN-China cooperation.

On September 7, ASEAN leaders underlined the significance of strengthening cooperation between ASEAN and external partners to the building of the ASEAN Community and realisation of the 2025 Vision when attending the 29th ASEAN Summit and ASEAN+1 Summits with China and Japan in Vientiane, Laos.

On September 6 morning, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with French President Francois Hollande, who has State-level visit to Vietnam.