ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations

BP British Petroleum

CLCS Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf

COC code of conduct

CPV Communist Party of Vietnam

DOC Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea

DRV Democratic Republic of Vietnam

EEZ exclusive economic zone

ITLOS International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

nm nautical mile

ONGC Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (India)

PRC People’s Republic of China

ROC Republic of China

ROV Republic of Vietnam

SCS South China Sea

SLOC sea-lane of communications

SRV Socialist Republic of Vietnam

UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization