SYDNEY, Jumada I 27, 1436, March 18, 2015, SPA -- Vietnam and Australia called on Wednesday for "self-restraint" in the South China Sea and warned against the unilateral use of force, Reuters reported. egion. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met Australian counterpart Tony Abbott in Canberra, where they will sign a deal on issues including security and climate change. Dung told the Australian parliament there was an imperative need to draw up a code of conduct for the South China Sea. "We agreed ... (to) exercise self-restraint and refrain from actions that may escalate the tension in the region, including the use of force to unilaterally change the status quo," Dung said. --SPA 13:36 LOCAL TIME 10:36 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w