May I ask what actions are prohibited when foreign ships and boats move in the seas under Vietnam's sovereignty? Does Vietnam have the right to arrest violators? - Thu Huong (Thanh Hoa, Vietnam)
The Law on Vietnamese sea 2012 was promulgated on June 21, 2012, consisting of 7 chapters and 55 articles. Notably, this Law specifies provisions on banning in the exclusive economic zones and continental shelves of Vietnam.
The Law on Vietnamese sea 2012 was promulgated on June 21, 2012 by the National Assembly of Vietnam, of which one of the fundamental contents is the regulation on international cooperation regarding the sea.
The territorial waters are seas with the breadth of 12 nautical miles, measured from baselines to sea. The outer limits of territorial waters are national borders at sea of Vietnam.
Within duties, powers, the Sea Patrol and Control Forces of Vietnam are entitled to execute measures to catch persons, investigate crimes happening on foreign ship as soon as leaving internal waters and entering territorial waters of Vietnam.
The Law on Vietnamese sea providing on the baseline, the internal waters, territorial waters, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zones, continental shelf, islands, the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago was promulgated on June 21, 2012.
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