During the two days of November 16-17 2020, the 12th South China Sea International Conference on the theme of "Maintaining Peace and Cooperation through time of turbulence" was co-organized by the Diplomatic Academy (DAV), the Foundation for East Sea Studies (FESS) and the Vietnam Lawyers Association (VLA) in Hanoi. The seminar was attended by more than 300 direct delegates and 400 online registered delegates; including nearly 60 prestigious experts from 30 countries on different continents as speakers, 12 Ambassadors and representatives from over 20 foreign representative offices in Vietnam. Roughly 100 reporters from 58 domestic and foreign news agencies have registered to participate in the seminar.