Kinhtedothi - On March 14, the United Nations website posted detailed information about the content of Vietnam's nautical charts and baselines in the Gulf of Tonkin.
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General has just officially announced that Vietnam has completed the procedures for depositing nautical charts and a list of geographical coordinates related to the baseline used to calculate the width of territorial waters in the Gulf of Tonkin.
The announcement dated March 12, 2025 of the UN Secretary-General to member countries stated that on March 7, 2025, in accordance with Clause 2, Article 16 of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam deposited with the UN a nautical chart together with a list of geographical coordinates of the points determining the straight baseline for the mainland territory in the Gulf of Tonkin and the outer boundary of the territorial sea in this area.
On March 14, 2025, the UN website posted detailed information on the depository content at www.un.org/Depts/los .
The UN Secretary-General's announcement also stated that the Vietnamese Government's Declaration dated February 21, 2025 on the baseline for calculating the breadth of the territorial sea in the Gulf of Tonkin will be published in the upcoming official publication of the UN called "Bullet on the Law of the Sea".
Source: https://kinhtedothi.vn/lhq-dang-luu-chuyen-hai-do-toa-do-duong-co-so-tai-vinh-bac-bo.html
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