Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang, head of the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) delegation of Viet Nam, led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the 32nd ASEAN-China Senior Officials’ Consultation (ACSOC) and the 26th ASEAN-China Senior Officials’ Meeting on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea/South China Sea (ASEAN-China SOM-DOC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 21.

Along with the development of human society, issues about seas and oceans have faced new challenges. In such a context, the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982), regarded as the constitution of seas and oceans, has become even more important.