The collision between Vietnam and Indonesia vessels brought up the disputes between both states. This happened because the collision happened intentionally in the EEZ of Indonesia. The fact is both of Vietnam and Indonesia still don’t have any agreement regarding the area of EEZs in seas. Indonesia claims unilaterally the EEZs in Natuna seas without any agreement with Vietnam, beside that, Vietnam still considered the Natuna seas which claimed by Indonesia as their EEZ is still their area. Indonesia argued that in UNCLOS there is a regulation that said the archipelago states can took the EEZs to outer border from its outer islands but still there is no agreement between these two states. However, in this incident, the vessel of Vietnam is crashing deliberately to the Indonesia military ships. It means that the collision which caused by Vietnam vessel violates the international law especially COLREGs, UNCLOS, and SOLAS. Those three laws specifically regulate about safety in the sea. In this paper the authors will analyze the law that violated by the collision. The authors conclude that, the incident actually violates some treaties in international law about safety in the sea. This incident leaving some dilemma to the government of Indonesia and Vietnam to solving the dispute of the borderline in seas.
More information: Collision between Vietnam and Indonesia Vessels in International Law Perspectives
