On April 15, 2021, the Australian News website had an article “Will Vietnam decide the fate of the South China Sea?” by author Jamie Seidel. The East Sea is the name that Vietnam uses to refer to the sea area…
More than 200 Chinese iron-shell ships “bonded to avoid storms” during a month (from Union Banks cluster which belongs to the Truong Sa (Spratlys) in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea). Hanoi asked China to stop…
Is China trying to implement an old scenario to extend the occupation of Whitsun Reef in the Truong Sa (Spratlys) in the East Sea (South China Sea)? The fact that China allows many Chinese fishing vessels, which Vietnamese media, as…
Vietnam changes its direction from China to the US The relationship between Vietnam and China seems to be cooling down. Last October, Chinese Foreign Minister Vuong Nghi visited four ASEAN countries, and in January this year, Mr. Vuong Nghi visited…
The fact that China has sent hundreds of ships anchored for a long time at Whitsun Reef in the Truong Sa (Spratlys) raised tensions in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea). An important question arises: Which…
In early April, Amnesty International (AI) spoke out about the continued and increased arrests of dissidents in Vietnam, before the National Assembly elections, which will take place on May 23, 2021. ”While Vietnam intends to participate in the UN Human…
Recently, the market management forces in many Vietnamese localities have continuously seized a large number of counterfeit consumer goods, counterfeiting trademarks of big registered brands. Some experts worry that Vietnam is in danger of becoming a “global factory” of fake…
China has been using “gray zone” tactics, especially “People’s War at Sea” in realizing its expansion ambitions in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea). Ph.D. Alexander Vuving, a leading expert on East Sea and Asian security,…
US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink said the US and Vietnam will work together to resolve disagreements over currency issues and logging operations in Vietnam, Bloomberg reported on April 7. Ambassador Kritenbrink said the disagreements are being handled “responsibly”…
Just five years ago, many were optimistic that Southeast Asia was finally at a turning point on the path to democracy. At the time, the Myanmar military finally relaxed its decades-long power as Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for…
One of the human rights trends that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised at the State Department’s release of its Annual Report on World Human Rights on March 30 is that authoritarian governments are using new technology to track…
The story of more than 200 Chinese ships outlined in Whitsun Reef has been the focus of international opinion over the past week, causing tensions in the South China Sea (Vietnamese call it the East Sea), according to regional media.…
After successfully assuming the role of chairman of the UN Security Council for the term 2020-2021, Vietnam once again held this role in April 2021. Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thao shared with the Laws of Ho Chi Minh City newspaper that:…
The democratic coalition quartet is strengthening under President Biden to counterbalance the rise of Chinese influence in the region and do Hanoi’s national security goals coincide with this quartet? The first meeting of the heads of state of the US,…
Israel is the second biggest arms supplier to Vietnam, after Russia, in 2019, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). In addition to military cooperation, Israel is also one of the few countries that transfer technology for modern…
Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong’s VinFast car company announced on its website on March 24 that it started selling Vietnam’s first smart electric car with the model name VF e34. Information from the company said that VF e34 applies artificial intelligence…
From the day Joe Biden entered the White House, Washington has maintained a tough stance towards Beijing and has clearly shown an interest in strengthening the US role in the Indo-Pacific region. Vietnam is said to be very pleased with…
China intensifies “gray–zone tactics” The recent event has caused many concerns when more than 200 Chinese marine militia ships were discovered near Ba Dau (Whitson Reef), a reef in the East Sea (South China Sea) that Vietnam also claims. The…
Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong who is also the general secretary of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam has recently admitted that during his presidency, Vietnam sometimes failed to publicize the incidents in theEast Sea (South China Sea) due to…
Up to 488 international civil society organizations have just issued a joint statement expressing their disappointment at the UN Security Council’s lack of decisive action against the Myanmar military coup and the killings carried out by the Myanmar army. At…
The Philippines faces the threat of territorial encroachment from China Recently, the Philippines has criticized China’s “aggressive” actions after Beijing sent more than 200 ships to the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea). Manila also asked Beijing…
The US-China dialogue ends in tense The first US-China dialogue since Biden took office ended in tension, mutual accusations by both sides and no joint statement has been made. Many people made different comments about China’s “diplomacy of warriors” with…
The Vietnamese government was named by international media as one of the four countries that prevented the United Nations (UN) from making a tough statement on Myanmar after the coup last month. Speaking to BBC News Vietnamese on March 18,…
Ms. Do Thi Thu, wife of activist Trinh Ba Phuong, has just confirmed to VOA that her husband has been transferred from a prison in Hanoi to the National Psychiatric Hospital 1 for psychiatric assessment because Mr. Phuong remained silent,…
Vietnamese-American lawmakers have simultaneously condemned the attack against Asians in Atlanta and called on the US government to take strong measures to tackle the Asian-American stigma that has existed for many years. “We need to hold all Americans accountable for…
