Participants at an international workshop in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province, once again underscored the necessity of maintaining peace and stability in the East (South China) Sea.
The event attracted nearly 100 scholars and researchers from institutes and universities in Vietnam, the US, Australia, Japan, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and India.
Nearly 30 speeches delivered at three discussion panels focused on the legal status of islands and rocks in international law, sovereignty disputes over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, and The Hague tribunal’s ruling on the Philippines’ lawsuit against China.
They stressed the importance of free navigation and overflight in line with international law in the East Sea to both regional countries and others around the world.
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