Document of the United Nations Secretary-General announcing that Vietnam has completed the procedure for depositing nautical charts and a list of geographical coordinates related to the baselines used to calculate the breadth of territorial waters in the Gulf of Tonkin.
The notice dated March 12, 2025 of the United Nations Secretary-General to member countries stated that on March 7, 2025, in accordance with Clause 2, Article 16 of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam deposited with the United Nations the 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 United Nations website posted detailed information on the deposit content at www.un.org/Depts/los .
The announcement of the UN Secretary-General also stated that the Declaration of the Government of Vietnam 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 United Nations entitled "Bulletin of the Law of the Sea".
Diagram illustrating the baselines used to calculate the width of Vietnam's territorial waters in the Gulf of Tonkin
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Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/viet-nam-luu-chieu-tai-lien-hop-quoc-hai-do-va-toa-do-duong-co-so-tai-vinh-bac-bo-102250315134219793.htm
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