ABSTRACT
This chapter will present the main points of Vietnam’s policy on maritime issues in the South China Sea. It consists of four parts: (1) Importance of the South China Sea to Vietnam, (2) Exploring history in the South China Sea (or the East Sea as called by the Vietnamese people), (3) Vietnam’s policy on the South China Sea, and (4) the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) – the tool for the implementation of this policy. The Vietnamese legal standing on sovereignty, maritime delimitation, cooperation for mutual development, and the Code of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea will be further analyzed.
