(Unofficial English translation) Agreement on the Historical Waters between the People's Republic of Kampuchea and Vietnam

*The English version of the Agreement (PDF file) is an unofficial translation, the content of which was checked with the official Vietnamese version by the editor, who is native in Vietnamese. There are no conflicts in the contents and the use of terms between the Vietnamese version and this English version.

  • Summary

This legal document contains the Agreement on the Historical Waters between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the People's Republic of Kampuchea signed on 18 February 1979. The Historical Waters locate between the coast of Kien Giang province Phu Quoc island to Tho Chu Islands of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the coast of Kampot province to Poulo Wai Islands of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea, the specific coordinates of which are stated in the document. The mentioned Historical Waters are put under internal water status due to geographic and historical conditions. According to the document, the patrol, and control activities of, the traditional fishing activities by local people within, and the exploitation of natural resources within the Historical Waters will be conducted by both sides, with bilateral negotiation for resource extraction activities.

Notably, the agreement does not conclude an official maritime boundary between Vietnam and Cambodia within the agreed Historical Waters. Both contracting parties take the Brevie Line as the island divider in the area. The 'point 0", which will be a base point to measure the breadth of the territorial sea of each country, will locate on the line connecting Tho Chu Islands and Poulo Wai Island. This point 0 was officially used as a starting point for the Vietnamese territorial sea's straight baseline in the Statement by the Government  Vietnam on the Territorial Sea Baseline in 1982.

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(Vienamese version) Agreement between Indonesia and Vietnam concerning the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundary on 26 June 2003

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This legal document contains the Vietnamese version of the Agreement between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia concerning the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundary signed by both contracting parties in 2003.

The summary article for this document can be found at that of the English version of the Bilateral Agreement,

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(Bahasa Indonesian version) Agreement between Vietnam and Indonesia concerning the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundary on 26 June 2003

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This legal document contains the Bahasa Indonesian version of the Agreement between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia concerning the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundary signed by both contracting parties in 2003.

The summary article for this document can be found at that of the English version of the Bilateral Agreement,

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(Visualizing map) Agreement between Indonesia and Vietnam concerning the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundary on 26 June 2003

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This document contains the map visualizing the Continental Shelf Boundary agreed by The Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of Indonesia in their Agreement on the Continental Shelf boundary signed in 2003.

The summary article and the content of the Agreement can be found here

 

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(English version) Agreement between the Vietnam and Indonesia concerning the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundary on 26 June 2003

Summary

This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia concerning the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundary signed by both contracting parties in 2003. The delimitation line of the continental shelf is comprised of straight lines connected by four points, which were mutually agreed upon by both contracting parties. This Agreement facilitates both parties in forming principles for joint exploitation of petroleum, natural gas, and mineral deposits that extend across the delimitation line of the continental shelves.

This agreement is not a treaty/agreement of delimitation of their exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Article 2 clarifies that "[t]his Agreement shall not in any way affect any future agreement which may be entered into between the Contracting Parties relating to the delimitation of the exclusive economic zone boundary." Currently, Vietnam prefers the same boundary for both the EEZ and the continental shelf while Indonesia proposes the equidistant method for delimiting the EEZ separately from that of the continental shelf.

Documents:

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(Bahasa Indonesian version) Agreement between Indonesia and Philippines concerning the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone Boundary on 23 May 2014

This legal document contains the Bahasa Indonesian version of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines concerning the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Boundary signed in 2014.

The summary/description of the Agreement can be found in that of the English version of the Agreement.

Documents:
i. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines concerning the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone Boundary on 23 May 2014 (Bahasa Indonesian version, adopted from UN Treaty Series)
ii. Map visualizing the boundary of the EEZ agreed in the Agreement

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(Visualizing map) Agreement between Indonesia and the Philippines concerning the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone Boundary on 23 May 2014

This document contains the mao visualizing the boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between the Republic of Indonesia and the Republic of the Philippines. The EEZ boundary between the two parties was agreed upon in the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines concerning the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone Boundary, signed in 2014.

Documents:
i. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines concerning the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone Boundary on 23 May 2014 (English version, adopted from UN Treaty Series)
ii. Map visualizing the boundary of the EEZ agreed in the Agreement

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(English version) Agreement between Indonesia and the Philippines concerning the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone Boundary on 23 May 2014

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This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines concerning the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Boundary signed in 2014. This Agreement entered into force on August 1st 2019, by the exchange of the instruments of ratification. The EEZ boundary between two contracting parties is comprised of 8 points, the latitude, and longitude of which are provided in the document. The map visualizing that boundary can be found here.

Notably, Article 1.3 clarifies that "This Agreement shall not prejudice any rights or positions of Contracting Parties with regard to the delimitation of the Continental Shelves boundary." This is reflected in the absence of an Agreement of delimitation of continental shelves between the Republic of Indonesia and the Republic of the Philippines.

  • Documents:

i. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines concerning the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone Boundary on 23 May 2014 (English version, adopted from UN Treaty Series)

ii. Map visualizing the boundary of the EEZ agreed in the Agreement

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(Chinese Version) Agreement between China and Vietnam on the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas, Exclusive Economic Zones and Continental Shelves of the two Countries in the Gulf of Tonkin (Beibu Gulf/Bac Bo Gulf) on 25 December 2000

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This legal document contains the Chinese version of the Agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas, Exclusive Economic Zones and Continental Shelves of the two countries in the Beibu Gulf (Bac Bo Gulf in Vietnamese/Gulf on Tonkin in English), signed on 25 December 2000 2000.

The summary of the Agreement can be found in that of the English version (adapted from the UN Treaty Series)

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(Vietnamese version) Agreement between China and Vietnam on the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas, Exclusive Economic Zones and Continental Shelves of the two Countries in the Gulf of Tonkin (Beibu Gulf/Bac Bo Gulf) on 25 December 2000

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This legal document contains the Vietnamese version of the Agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas, Exclusive Economic Zones, and Continental Shelves of the two countries in the Bac Bo Gulf (Beibu Gulf in Chinese/Gulf on Tonkin in English), signed on 25 December 2000.

The summary of the Agreement can be found in that of the English version (adapted from the UN Treaty Series)

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