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Hanoi (VNA) - Australia will continue to strongly advocate the freedom of navigation through the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam), Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on July 16. “Australia will continue to adopt a very consistent position,” Morrison told a media briefing in Canberra when asked about Australia’s stance on US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo’s latest statement on the South China Sea issue. On July 13, Pompeo affirmed that “the United States champions a free and open Indo-Pacific”, and the China’s claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea are completely unlawful. Regarding Pompeo’s statement, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said on July 15 that Vietnam welcomes other countries’ stance on the East Sea issue in line with international law. Peace, stability, cooperation, and development in the sea are the aspiration and goal of countries … [Read more...] about Australia affirms continued support for freedom of navigation in East Sea

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying this week posted a series of statements on her Twitter account, affirming China has the rights and interests in the South China Sea (known as East Sea in Vietnam) and that Chinese people carried out activities in the waters 2000 years ago. The tweets were published on July 14, just one day after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s strong statement rejecting China’s claims to offshore resources across most of the East Sea and its bullying campaign, describing them ‘completely unlawful’. … [Read more...] about Vietnam reacts to China’s tweets over East Sea claims

Here's the full route of where you'll be able to see the Red Arrows this morning: 9:30am: Departure from RAF Scampton 9:32am: South east of Fiskerton 9:33am: North east of Horncastle 9:50am: Fly past Castle Cliff 9:50am: South of Cayton 9:51am: Fly past Scarborough 9:55am: South east of Whitby 10:04am: South west of Caldwell 10:05am: South east of Ravensworth 10:06am: Fly past Catterick 10:06am: West of Catterick Garrison 10:11am: Fly past Leeming 10:12am: North east of Well 10:14am: Ellerbeck 10:19am: North west of Fridaythorpe 10:20am: South of Kilham 10:24am: Burstwick 10:26am: Habrough 10:27am: Fly past Grasby 10:30am: Land at RAF Scampton The timings and locations could change depending on the weather. … [Read more...] about Red Arrows mark Armed Forces Day with stunning fly-past in historic anniversary

The FSO Safer was built in 1976 in Japan and for roughly 10 years sailed the world’s oceans as an oil tanker. In 1987, she was converted into a stationary storage facility for the Safer oil company and brought to an offshore position near the Yemeni coast. pic.twitter.com/Ywv16FWxZq … [Read more...] about Decaying Oil Tanker in Red Sea Could Unleash Environmental, Humanitarian Catastrophe, Warns UN

“We seek to preserve peace and stability, uphold freedom of the seas in a manner consistent with international law, maintain the unimpeded flow of commerce, and oppose any attempt to use coercion or force to settle disputes,” the top diplomat remarked. … [Read more...] about Vietnam welcomes countries’ East Vietnam Sea stances in line with international law