The process of implementing international law of the sea in Vietnam (1994-2021)

Abstract

The process of implementing international law of the sea in Vietnam began in 1994 when Vietnam ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982. Since becoming a member of the Convention on the Law of the Sea, Vietnam has shown that the country is responsible for internalizing the law of the sea, Vietnam's legal system on seas and islands is promulgated synchronously, carrying out the task of protecting and preserving the marine environment, cooperating with international maritime. More than two decades of implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1992, has left us with lessons learned in planning and implementing maritime policy, in the struggle to protect sovereignty and sovereign rights, national jurisdiction at sea, in the protection and preservation of the marine environment. On that basis, the study analyzes and interprets the contents of international law of the sea that have been applied and implemented by Vietnam in the past time, and orientations for the future.