Indonesia-Vietnam EEZ pact sends firm message to China

ASEAN members strike South China Sea deal that upholds UNCLOS and tacitly rejects China’s nine-dash line

asiatimes By BICH TRAN – FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Vietnam and Indonesia agreed to delimit their respective Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) on 22 December 2022 after 12 years of negotiations. The agreement provides hope for the strengthening of the region’s commitment to international maritime norms and principles encapsulated in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

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It’s time to elevate partnership between Vietnam and Indonesia into a comprehensive strategic partnership – OpEd

Locations of Indonesia and Vietnam. Source: Wikipedia Commons.

Locations of Indonesia and Vietnam. Source: Wikipedia Commons.

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eurasiareview – By Veeramalla Anjaiah

Vietnam’s President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will make a historic visit to Indonesia, a G20 member and de facto leader of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), from Dec. 21–23, 2022, to reshape strategic ties between the two countries. President Phuc will be accompanied by First Lady Tran Nguyet Thin, several senior officials, and a business delegation.

This will be Phuc’s first visit to Indonesia ever since becoming Vietnam’s president on April 5, 2021. His state visit marks a new milestone in the 67 years of bilateral relations between Vietnam and Indonesia.

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Nước muốn mạnh, nền thể thao phải mạnh

HUY ĐĂNG 05/09/2022 06:41 GMT+7

TTCTPara Games, kỳ đại hội thể thao Đông Nam Á dành cho người khuyết tật luôn đi cặp với SEA Games, đã không diễn ra đúng như thông lệ ở lần tổ chức thứ 11. Thay vì do Việt Nam tổ chức, Para Games 2022 lại diễn ra ở thành phố Surakarta, Indonesia.

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Sân Gelora Bung Karno, Indonesia, vào một ngày kín khán giả. Ảnh: Stadium Guide

Đây là lần thứ 2 trong lịch sử, Việt Nam phải nhờ Indonesia đăng cai thay một kỳ đại hội thể thao. Lần đầu tiên là Asiad 2018, khi chủ nhà Hà Nội từ bỏ quyền đăng cai, rồi được Jakarta “cứu thua”.

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239 freed fishermen back home tomorrow

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Update: October, 05/2017 – 10:44

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JAKARTA — The 239 Vietnamese fishermen freed by Indonesia are set to return home tomorrow.

A Vietnam News Agency report said yesterday that the Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia had worked with competent localities authorities to complete procedures for repatriating the fishermen.

The fishermen’s handover was conducted yesterday at Batam Island, Indonesia. They were sent offshore of the island by three Indonesian vessels and then handed over to Việt Nam. Tiếp tục đọc “239 freed fishermen back home tomorrow”

Deputy PM asks Indonesia to investigate shooting of Vietnam fishing boat

TUOI TRE NEWS

Updated : 07/29/2017 09:52 GMT + 7

Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has requested Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry to investigate and clarify reports that an Indonesian naval ship shot and wounded two Vietnamese fishermen last week.

Minh made the request during a phone call with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on Friday, underlining that the shooting was a serious incident that did not match the current soundly-developing strategic partnership between the two countries. Tiếp tục đọc “Deputy PM asks Indonesia to investigate shooting of Vietnam fishing boat”