Both nations concurred to maintain peace and stability in the Bien Dong Sea (intenationally called South China Sea) and soon reach a practical and effective Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC) in accordance with international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on August 3 attended G20 Foreign Ministers’ extraordinary meeting on strengthening international cooperation across borders amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper has urged the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) not to allow China to manipulate a proposed Code of Conduct (COC) for preventing conflict in the East Sea (internationally known as the South China Sea).