VIET NAM

SUBMISSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)

M.Z.N. 52. 2004. LOS of 9 December 2004: Deposit of the list of geographical coordinates of points, using the geodetic system ITRF-96, which are specified in the Agreement between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the People抯 Republic of China on the Delimitation of the Territorial Sea, the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Tonkin, which was signed by the two countries on 25 December 2000, and took officially effect on 30 June 2004.

List of geographical coordinates of points

Relevant articles of UNCLOS: 16(2); 75(2); 84(2)

LOSIC No. 21

Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 56

Communications received by the Secretary-General in connection with the deposit of charts and/or lists of geographical coordinates of points

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CONTINENTAL SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE BASELINES FROM WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA IS MEASURED

Joint submission by Malaysia and Viet Nam to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 6 May 2009 - in the southern part of the South China Sea

Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 7 May 2009 - in North Area (VNM-N)

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation

Statement on the Territorial Sea, the Contiguous Zone, the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf of 12 May 1977

Statement of 12 November 1982 by the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the Territorial Sea Baseline of Viet Nam

Petroleum Law (1993)

Law on Water Resources (1998)

Law on Environmental Protection (1993)

Law on National Border (2003)

Fishery Law (2004)

Maritime Code of Viet Nam of 14 June 2005

Law of the Sea of Viet Nam of 21 June 2012

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
and other material

with China

Agreement between the People抯 Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the delimitation of the territorial seas, the exclusive economic zones and continental shelves in Beibu Bay/Bac Bo Gulf (List of Geographical Coordinates of Points), 25 December 2000 (entry into force: 30 June 2004; registration #: 41860; registration date: 12 October 2005; ) (see alsoLaw of the Sea BulletinNo. 56, p. 137)

with Indonesia

Agreement between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia concerning the delimitation of the continental shelf boundary, 26 June 2003 (entry into force:29 May 2007; registration #: 44165; registration date: 3 June 2016; ) (see Law of the Sea Bulletin No.67)

with Thailand

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the delimitation of the maritime boundary between the two countries in the Gulf of Thailand, 9 August 1997

Additional relevant material

Viet Nam: Letter dated 7 May 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 22 May 2014 from the Charg� d抋ffaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 28 May 2014 from the Charg� d抋ffaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Viet Nam to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 6 June 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 9 June 2014 from the Charg� d抋ffaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 3 July 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 24 July 2014 From The Permanent Representative of China To The 缅北禁地addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 22 August 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 7 October 2014 from the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 19 November 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 8 December 2014 from the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 19 February 2016 From The Permanent Representative of Viet Nam To The United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 3 March 2016 from the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 18 March 2016 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 13 June 2016 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 17 June 2016 from the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 29 September 2017 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 25 October 2017 from the Charg� d抋ffaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 26 December 2017 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 2 April 2018 from the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

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