VietNamNet Bridge - China’s construction of artificial islands on the East Sea have seriously affected Vietnam’s ecosystems and sea organisms.

VietNamNet Bridge - Chinese President Xi Jinping recently advised the US to read each other’s strategies exactly so as to avoid ‘Thucydides’s Trap’.

The diplomatic sector has been adhering to the principle of “From a steady stance, respond to ten thousand changes”, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

Vietnam cannot compete with China in terms of the number of publications about the East Sea but it can resolve by the facts, by accurate information to establish trust and action, logic, rational, reasoning consistent with the value of the world.

Since 2014 China has been constructing features atop seven coral reefs in Truong Sa Archipelago of the East Sea by dredging sand and coral from existing coral reefs. At last count China's new features total more than 2,000 acres.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A robust sea-island economy will be a strong sovereignty marker, Nguyen Chu Hoi, former General Director of the Viet Nam Administration of Seas and Islands,

VietNamNet Bridge – Leaders from the five Mekong sub-regional nations and Japan have approved the Tokyo Strategy 2015 with an overall goal for the 2016-2018 Mekong-Japan cooperation specifically designed to ensure regional stability

 The Diplomat, an online international news magazine covering politics, society and culture in the Asia- Pacific, on June 24, published an article about China’s land reclamation in the East Sea, internationally known as the South China Sea.

The Ministry of Information and Communication has delivered a documentation collection, ‘Map Exhibition of Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) of Viet Nam – Historical and Legal Evidence,' to the navy force.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh was hosted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo during his working trip to Jakarta.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “China strengthening national defense aims at defense. It is very normal, which does not bring harm to neighboring countries or the world,” a Chinese scholar has said. But is it true?

 VietNamNet Bridge – A fishing boat with a 38-member crew, which drifted for several days in the East Sea, reached Nha Trang Port in central Viet Nam at midnight yesterday, June 10.

This is the second article in a series written Hoang Huong during her trip to Hawaii, China, the Philippines and Singapore with journalists from 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific region to discuss the East Sea conflict.

 VietNamNet Bridge - No matter what its excuses, China’s armaments on illegally occupied islands in the East Sea show danger to regional security.

The 1937cn, a group of Chinese hackers who attacked 1,000 websites in Vietnam on May 30-31, exploited vulnerabilities on websites, including simple holes such as SQL Injection, an old version of FCKeditor plugin and the WebDAV service.

 VietNamNet Bridge would like to introduce articles written by Hoang Huong during her trip to the US, China, the Philippines and Singapore with journalists from 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific region to discuss the East Sea conflict.

 VietNamNet Bridge – China's reef construction and expansion in the East Sea has seriously violated Viet Nam's sovereignty, causing deep concerns among the international community, including ASEAN.

VietNamNet Bridge – Relating to China’s building of artificial islands in Truong Sa of Vietnam, the Chief of the Government Office Nguyen Van Nen said that Vietnam has sent eight diplomatic notes to China to protest their illegal activities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has reiterated his agency’s willingness to support the promotion of dispute resolution between parties concerned through peaceful means at a May 23 meeting

 VietNamNet Bridge – In May the East Sea was unusually busy with trips back and forth, speeches of government leaders in and outside the region, and comments of experts and concerns of the public about China’s illegal construction activities.