Nagpahayag ang Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ng pag-asa para sa isang “effective and substantive”code of conduct para sa lahat ng aktibidad sa South China Sea. Sa kanyang talumpati sa pagbubukas ng 37th Asean Summit bilang kasalukuyang pinuno, muling inihayag ni Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ang determinasyon ng samahana na panatilihin ang “peace, stability, and security” sa South China Sea. “Asean has also expressed consistently its principled position and a strong commitment to turning the South China Sea, a critical sea lane of the region and the world, into a sea of peace, stability, security, and safety for the free flow of goods, where differences and disputes are settled through peaceful means, where the law is fully respected and observed, and common values are upheld,” aniya.

Epektibong code of conduct para sa South China Sea. (2020, November 15). Balita, p. 5.