Decision of the International Arbitration Court toward the lawsuit between Philippines and China: Legal validity and implications for Vietnam

The paper presents an overview of the main contents of the Court's Judgment on 07 December 2016 arbitration established under Annex VII of UNCLOS in 1982 on the lawsuit between the Philippines and China - a judgment‘s considered the turning point will create history for the East Sea disputes; analyze the meaning, validity and impact of the ruling, predicts China's next action and how to force it to comply. The paper also analyzes the impact of this ruling on Vietnam and initially proposed some solutions to be implemented in the struggle for sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction in the East Sea.