Beijing tries to bait Hanoi, competing for influence with Washington

China donated more money and the COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam after the US additionally gave Vietnam more than 2 million doses. Vietnam’s state-controlled media on Thursday, December 2, reported that during the ongoing visit to China by Vietnamese Foreign Minister…
Ho Chi Minh City police break down $3.8 billion online gambling ring

Ho Chi Minh City Police on December 2 announced that it had just dismantled an online gambling ring considered the largest scale ever, with a transaction amount of more than $3.8 billion (VND 87.6 trillion) The state-controlled media, citing information…
Vietnam’s Foreign Minister visits China on December 2-4

On December 2, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son paid an official visit to China during a two-day visit, at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, the foreign ministries of the two countries announced. Foreign Minister Bui Thanh…
Vietnam, Russia sign military-technical cooperation agreement

The defense ministries of Vietnam and Russia have just signed a military-technical cooperation agreement, which is said to “create a legal basis for further promoting defense cooperation” between the two countries. During a bilateral meeting in Moscow on December 1,…
Vietnam’s ship tracking satellite goes missing

Vietnam’s NanoDragon satellite used to monitor ship activities in the South China Sea has not signaled for three weeks after being launched into orbit. A Vietnamese official told the state-controlled press about this. NanoDragon satellite was successfully launched from Uchinoura…
Does Vietnam support AUKUS?

The formation of the three-power alliance AUKUS has created different waves of reactions from many countries, even among ASEAN member countries. If the Philippines and Singapore support the tripartite alliance, Indonesia and Malaysia oppose it. Meanwhile, although there is no…