Closer defense ties between Japan and Vietnam could have an impact on regional security but not to the extent of provoking China, two experts told BBC News Vietnamese. The helicopter carrier JS Kaga and the destroyer JS Murasame of the…
Taiwan’s navy has deployed one of its two most advanced submarines in naval exercises in the Truong Sa (Spratlys), a report by Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said. However, the report did not specify when these drills took place. Published…
Vietnam has attracted a lot of attention at the conference on climate change (COP26) when Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh made a commitment to achieve “zero” net emissions by 2050, joining the pledge to reduce methane emissions worldwide and the…
The United Nations has called on Vietnam to crack down on human trafficking after it noted the abuse of women and girls recruited from Vietnam to Saudi Arabia as domestic workers. The case attracted attention recently after VOA recorded cases…
Vietnam continues to be among the “focus” countries of the latest US State Department’s wildlife trade report, as it is still considered a major source and transit point for the wildlife trade of the world. The report “2021 END Wildlife…
Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang on November 10 called on countries outside ASEAN to take responsibility for common problems in the region. Vietnam News quoted General Phan Van Giang at the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) held online under…
The French Development Agency (AFD) has just lent Vietnam EUR 70 million to help the Southeast Asian nation implement the Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant Expansion Project. This is an important project in Vietnam’s policy of energy conversion and the use…
The administration of President Joe Biden has reiterated the United States’ commitment to promoting human rights in Vietnam, saying it remains a “top priority” of US foreign policy. The pledge was made at the 25th Annual US-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue,…
Australian Foreign Minister to visit Southeast Asia Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne is on a four-day tour of four Southeast Asian countries. This tour starts from November 5 with stops in Malaysia, then Cambodia – which will take the role…
US oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil is said to be considering withdrawing from the billion-dollar Blue Whale project with Vietnam in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea). If it goes as planned, the decision of the…
The Vietnamese government portal (VGP News) on November 3 reported that all of Nike’s manufacturing plants in Vietnam have resumed production and the company is committed to expanding investment in Vietnam. According to VGP News, the above information was informed…
The People’s Committee of Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Ninh province on November 5 signed a contract with a US company on the opening of a semiconductor manufacturing plant, building a super factory in the province with a total project…
The press release of the French presidency said that the two leaders of France and Vietnam had agreed to launch many new projects within the framework of the strategic cooperation relationship between the two countries, especially in the fields of…
Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on November 5 issued guidance on temporarily hosting international tourists to the country, emphasizing that visitors must meet four medical conditions. The guiding document of the ministry, republished by Vietnam’s state-controlled media, defines…
Ms. Hang spoke about the above content at a regular press conference on November 4, when asked by reporters about Vietnam’s reaction to satellite images showing the Chinese fishing fleet. reappeared on Whitson Reef in the Sinh Ton cluster of…
US President Joseph Biden and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on the evening of November 1 had a meeting on the sidelines of the COP26 Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, Scotland. The Government Newspaper Network of Vietnam on November…
The Vietnam Aviation Business Association warned that if Vietnam does not completely abolish the requirement of a seven-day concentrated quarantine for foreign travelers, it will be difficult to restore the number of international visitors as before the COVID-19 pandemic. Inside…
Speaking at the East Asia Summit (EAS) on the evening of October 27, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh mentioned the security issue of the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea), saying that maintaining peace and stability…
In a phone call on October 26, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recommended that the Vietnamese government commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050 and continue to take steps to phase out coal electricity as well as…
Many factories and workshops in industrial zones in southern Vietnam are facing a paradox: reopening production but lack of human resources. Without consistent and smooth epidemic prevention measures from the central to local levels to facilitate the resumption of production…
The Washington Post on October 25 reported that Zuckerberg personally signed a pledge with Vietnam’s authoritarian government to limit so-called “anti-state” posts. Answering the BBC at the end of 2020 on this issue, Facebook admitted that it had to block…
The spreaders of fake news tap into the fears of the Vietnamese refugee community in the US to “control their thoughts” and the consequences of fake news have torn many families apart and led them to take actions that are…
Although Vietnam is not officially a member of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), it received more than $16.3 billion in a China-funded projects in the 2000-2017 period. Although China’s debt burden is not as heavy as that of many…
“I can confirm that steps have been taken to prepare for another round of lawsuits against the Vietnamese government, following the case that I won at the International Court of Justice last time,” Trinh Vinh. Binh, a Vietnamese-Dutch businessman told…
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh recently had a phone conversation with the US President’s Special Envoy on Climate Change, Mr. John Kerry. On Twitter, Mr. Kerry wrote: “I had a very successful conversation with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh…
