Vietnam proposed stakeholders in the South China Sea respect, implementing the obligation according to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, according to the Foreign Ministry spokesman.

Vietnam's stance is clear and consistent, which is supporting resolving disputes over sovereignty, sovereignty rights and jurisdiction in the South China Sea through diplomacy and legal, unused or threatening

Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang.

Ms. Hang reaffirmed Vietnam's principle of sovereignty over the Islands of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa, as well as sovereignty sovereign areas, sovereignty rights and jurisdictions of Vietnam defined above

As a UNCLOS member country and the East Coastal Country, Vietnam proposes all stakeholders to respect and fully enforce their legal obligations prescribed in the Convention, together cooperate together

In 2013, the government Benigno Aquino, the predecessor of the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, filed a lawsuit on PCA, said that the nine-segment line was painted by China on the South China Sea inappropriate with UNCLOS in 1982 and need to be declared

After 3 years of consideration, PCA on July 12, 2016 issued a decision to claim to claim nine-sections of 3.5 million km2 in China without a legal basis under international law.

China does not participate in the lawsuit and rejects the ruling of PCA.

Vietnam has ever condemned Chinese illegal activities in the South China Sea.