Vietnam, Indonesia continue to strengthen defense cooperation
The Vietnamese Minister of National Defense and his Indonesian counterpart affirmed that compliance with international law is necessary, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in the East Sea, effective implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and early completing the signing of an effective and substantive Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) following international law.