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Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), on June 12 chaired the annual meeting of the Group of Friends of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), VNA reported Tuesday. Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations at the SPLOS 33. Photo: VNA The event was held on the occasion of the 33rd meeting of the States Parties to the UNCLOS (SPLOS 33) which is being organised from June 12-16 at the UN headquarters in New York. The SPLOS 33 was opened on June 12 with the participation of 169 member countries. The UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, Miguel de Serpa Soares, delivered a welcome speech. The conference will review the implementation of the UNCLOS in the past year as well as report on the activities of bodies established under UNCLOS such as the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLC...

Increased risk to world’s breadbasket “This is a breadbasket—that whole area going down towards the Black Sea and Crimea is a breadbasket not only for Ukraine but also for the world,” said Griffiths to the BBC. “We’re in difficulties already on food security but food prices, I’m sure, are bound to increase.” Satellite image of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam on the Dnipro River in Kherson (: Maxar Technologies/Reuters) The worries arise during a period when the Nova Kakhovka dam serves as a crucial water supply for millions residing in Kherson, as well as the Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia regions. The dam plays a significant role in agricultural irrigation in southern Kherson and Crimea, which experienced a severe breach on 6/6/2023. The incident occurred in Kherson province, within the region under Russian control. The Ukrainian Agrarian and Food Ministry announced that approximately 10,000 hectares of agricultural land on the western side of Ukraine, under Ukrainian control,...

Recently, an Indian travel blogger known as Our Collection uploaded a video clip sharing his experience with Vietnamese street food that attracts more than millions of views. Among the dishes that he introduced, there is one dish that draws people’s attention for its strange-looking shape and uniqueness, which is called fried sea urchin. An unusual but delicious Vietnamese street dish Photo: Dien may XANH In his post, the Indian travel blogger shared that he had a chance to try a portion of “one-of-a-kind” street food in Ho Chi Minh City that is sold in Ho Thi Ky night market. Sea urchin has an ugly shape, but it is one of the best Vietnamese food which is eaten frequently in the middle of the nation. These dishes from sea urchins are not only delicious but also really good for health. A sea urchin is a type of mollusk that lives in one group. It can be found in the rocks and near the moss in the middle sea. From the early summer to late autumn, it is time for sea urch...

Increased risk to the world’s breadbasket “This is a breadbasket—that whole area going down towards the Black Sea and Crimea is a breadbasket not only for Ukraine but also for the world,” said Griffiths to the BBC. “We’re already facing difficulties with food security, but food prices are bound to increase.” Satellite image of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam on the Dnipro River in Kherson (: Maxar Technologies/Reuters) The concerns arise during a period when the Nova Kakhovka dam serves as a crucial water supply for millions residing in Kherson, as well as the Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia regions. The dam plays a significant role in agricultural irrigation in southern Kherson and Crimea, which experienced a severe breach on June 6, 2023. The incident occurred in Kherson province, within the region under Russian control. The Ukrainian Agrarian and Food Ministry announced that approximately 10,000 hectares of agricultural land on the western side of Ukraine, under Ukrainian con...

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet (R) and Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Thailand Sarun Charoensuwan. Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet and Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Thailand Sarun Charoensuwan co-chaired the ninth political consultation between the two countries in Hanoi on June 13, VietnamPlus reported. The two sides shared the view that cooperation in politics – diplomacy, security, and defense remains one of the important pillars of the Vietnam – Thailand relations. They reaffirmed the commitment to not allowing any individual or organization to use the territory of one country to harm the other. They agreed to enhance cooperation between the two foreign ministries’ relevant units, work closely to promote the fruitful implementation of the action plan for carrying out the countries’ enhanced strategic partnership 2022 – 2027 and step up the signing of important documents in different sphe...

Speakers present speeches at the conference. Photo: Thu Ha A conference themed “East Sea and the Sovereignty of Vietnam” was held in Paris last weekend, attracting the participation of many Vietnamese and foreign scholars, reported VNA. Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang said this event is of great significance for overseas Vietnamese, especially those living in Europe, showing their affection and attachment to their homeland and their concern with major national issues. Organized under the initiative of the Liaison Board of Overseas Vietnamese in Europe, the conference received 14 speeches from scholars, professors, doctors, and researchers on Asia and the East Sea, as well as economists and educators from European countries such as Poland, Germany, France, Italy, the Czech Republic and Ukraine, and Canada, and Vietnam. The presentations mentioned many points of view on the East Sea and Vietnam’s sovereignty over sea and islands, from historical, cultural,...