• Summary

This legal document contains the Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between the two countries in the Gulf of Thailand on 9 August 1997. This maritime boundary constitutes the boundary for the continental shelves and exclusive economic zone of both contracting parties, which is a line connected by two points C and K. The coordinates of points C and K are stated in the Agreement.

Notably, point C is the northernmost point of the Joint Development Area established by the Memorandum of Understanding between the Kingdom of Thailand and Malaysia on the Establishment of a Joint Authority for the
Exploitation of the Resources of the Seabed in a Defined Area of the Continental Shelf of the Two Countries in the
The Gulf of Thailand. Therefore, Article 2 clarifies that Vietnam and Thailand shall negotiate with Malaysia to settle the tripartite overlapping continental shelf.

• Documents: Agreement between Thailand and Viet Nam on the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary in the Gulf of Thailand on 9 August 1997 (English version, adopted from UN Treaty Series)