(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
- Summary
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)
- Document: 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 Beibu Gulf/Bac Bo Gulf (Chinese version).
(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
- Summary
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)
- Document: 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 Beibu Gulf/Bac Bo Gulf on 25 December 2000 (Vietnamese version).
(English version) Agreement between China and Vietnam on the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas, Exclusive Economic Zones, and Continental Shelves of the two Countries in Gulf of Tonkin (Beibu Gulf/Bac Bo Gulf) on 25 December 2000
- Summary
This legal document contains 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 Gulf on Tonkin (Beibu Gulf in Chinese/Bac Bo Gulf in Vietnamese), signed in 2000. The Agreement clarifies that the Gulf of Tonkin is "a semi-enclosed gulf 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 Beibu Gulf/Bac Bo Gulf (adopted from UN Treaty Series)", which shall be delimited by a straight line connecting 21 points provided in the agreement. The images for the delimitation map can be found on pages 8-9 of the Vietnamese version of the Agreement.
Point 1 starts from the Beilun estuary, and point 1 to 9 generate a delimitation line as the boundary of the territorial sea of the two countries in the Gulf of Tonkin. Notably, the delimitation line from point 1 to 7 shall not be changed regardless of any topological changes unless agreed by both parties. Points 9 to 21 generate a delimitation line as the boundary of the EEZ and continental shelves of the two countries in the Gulf of Tonkin. This Agreement does not affect the dispute of both countries in the Paracels Islands and the Spratly Islands as they do not locate in the Gulf of Tonkin recognized in the Agreement.
- Document: 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 Beibu Gulf/Bac Bo Gulf (adopted from UN Treaty Series)
