Negotiating and signing international treaties on the delimitation of maritime zones.

(Baonghean.vn) -Question 34. To date, how many international treaties on the delimitation of maritime boundaries has Vietnam negotiated and signed with relevant countries, and how should this work continue?

Reply:Negotiations to delineate the overlapping maritime and continental shelf boundaries between Vietnam and the coastal countries of the South China Sea have been, are being, and will continue to address the following areas:

1. The boundaries of the maritime zones and continental shelves in the Gulf of Tonkin between Vietnam and China are defined where the coastlines of the two countries are adjacent and opposite each other, separated by less than 400 nautical miles.

2. The boundaries of the exclusive economic zones and continental shelves related to Vietnam, China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia in the northern, central, and southern areas of the South China Sea.

3. The boundaries of the maritime zones and continental shelves related to Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, and Cambodia in the Gulf of Thailand.

4. The maritime boundaries of the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes.

To date, Vietnam has resolved the following:

- Maritime boundaries in the Gulf of Tonkin, signed on December 25, 2000.

- The continental shelf boundary between Vietnam and Indonesia in the southern part of the South China Sea, signed on June 26, 2003.

- The boundary of the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in the Gulf of Thailand between Vietnam and Thailand, signed on August 9, 1997.

- In addition, on June 5, 1992, Vietnam and Malaysia signed an agreement on the application of a temporary solution for the joint exploitation of the overlapping area of ​​2,800 km2.

- Agreement on "historic waters" between Vietnam and Cambodia, signed on July 7, 1982.

In the near future, Vietnam will negotiate and sign agreements on maritime delimitation with relevant countries, specifically:

- Delineating the overlapping exclusive economic zones between Vietnam and Indonesia.

- Delimiting the continental shelf boundary and exclusive economic zone between Vietnam and Malaysia.

- Delimiting the overlapping continental shelf boundaries between Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia in the Gulf of Thailand.

- Delimiting the border and maritime boundary between Vietnam and Cambodia within and outside the "historic waters".

- Delimiting the maritime boundary outside the Gulf of Tonkin between Vietnam and China.

According to the Q&A on Vietnam's Law of the Sea

(To be continued)