New York, June 16 -- Vietnam's Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu chaired the opening session of the 36th meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (SPLOS 36) at the UN headquarters in New York on June 15, in his capacity as President of SPLOS 35. He later addressed a discussion on the report of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) as head of the Vietnamese delegation. The meeting brought together representatives from 172 states parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), observers, heads of bodies established under the convention, and representatives of international and non-governmental organisations. In his opening remarks, Vu welcome...