Peace, security in the East Sea play essential and global role
The East Sea issue was once again mentioned in a specific and urgent way at the 15th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
At a special session on managing East Sea tensions, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Public Security Bui Van Nam said Vietnam has clearly shown methods and measures for resolving complicated issues in the East Sea. It has asked the countries relevant to the East Sea, including the ASEAN member nations and others in the world, to respect international law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, adhere to the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) signed by China and the ASEAN countries, and push for a detailed and practical code of conduct (COC) in the waters. 
Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh spoke to foreign reporters
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Vietnam pledges to actively join other ASEAN nations and countries around the globe in ensuring regional security through regional and international forums such as the East Asia Summit, the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting, the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus, and the ASEAN Regional Forum. The Deputy Minister demanded the involved parties to actively seek ways to minimise risks and encounters at sea such as setting up hotlines and jointly devising conducts for unplanned situations. He highlighted the proposed joint patrol mechanism among naval and law enforcement forces of the ASEAN members.
Vietnam calls for more attention to international cooperation mechanisms in less sensitive sea-related domains, including sea environment protection, response to natural disasters, search and rescue, and fighting crimes committed at sea. It advocates the active exchange and sharing of information within ASEAN, and between ASEAN countries and partners like the US, China, Japan, Russia, the Republic of Korea, Australia and India so as to maintain peace and stability in Southeast Asia, as well as Asia – Pacific, Nam said.
Speaking to foreign reporters at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh, who leads the Vietnamese delegation to the event, said the recent complicated issue in the East Sea has drawn more and more interest from around the world, and almost all nations want a peaceful environment in this region. Military actions or those that prepare for military actions in the East Sea need special attention from the international community, or else the situation there will get worse. Vietnam wants the concerned nations to work out measures for easing tensions in the region, not letting East Sea tensions become conflicts, and developing peacefully together, he emphasised.
In response to a question of Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper that China often declares cooperation with the ASEAN countries but keeps reclaiming reefs in the East Sea, Vinh said those actions have damaged China’s image, and other nations should raise a common voice expressing concern over those actions by China.
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