An individual initiative, making a call to remove China from the UN’S Security Council after a month, has so far attracted nearly 35,000 signatures. Dr. Le Trung Tinh, the author of the petition, said that as of May 15, 2020,…
On May 26, 2020, three Belgian congressmen from three different parties raised China’s aggression in the East Sea (South China Sea), including its violation in the exclusive economic zones of Malaysia and Vietnam, and sinking the fishing boats of Vietnamese…
The COVID-19 pandemic originating from China has drived many Western countries to seek to reduce their dependence on China. The same tendency can be observed in Southeast Asian countries such as Cambodia and the Philippines once considered China’s allies. The…
At the May 2020 briefing meeting of the Ministry of Defense held in Hanoi on June 1, Vietnamese Defense Minister Ngo Xuan Lich recently warned about “complicated developments in the Eat Sea (South China Sea)” and asked the army “to…
Moscow officials recently announced the official death toll from Covid-19 in the city dobled from April. Moscow health authorities say the number of deaths as of May 28 was 1,561, rather than 639 as originally announced. Some reporters based in…
“So many, hundreds of Vietnamese have Covid-19. Scared!” “Gathering gambling meetings, birthday parties for hundreds of people, do nothing to die.” “If you spread this speed, you’ll be dead soon.” “I heard that N.’s house, K.’s family’s house is also…
On May 27, the US Ambassador to Hanoi hosted an online discussion with special speaker Bonnie Glaser, Asia Senior Advisor and China Power Project Manager at the Center for Strategic and International Studues (CSIS) in Washington DC. The topic of…
Press release, May 26, 2020 In recent years, Vietnam’s communist regime has intensified persecution against the unsanctioned Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN), a civil professional organization of independent writers working for freedom of press in Vietnam.Since the Association was…
The COVID-19 pandemic that broke out in early 2020 will be in the world’s history not only as an epidemiological crisis leading to the global economic recession but it will also blow up US-China diplomatic tensions which have already deteriorated…
Vietnam is said to be preparing a case in an international arbitration court against China’s unjustified claim in the East Sea (South China Sea- SCS). The time is now considered to ripen for a historic Vietnamese lawsuit as China increasingly…
The emergence of US strategic warships, destroyers, and bombers in the East Sea (South China Sea) in recent weeks has shown the strong commitment of the US regarding security in the Asia Pacific, making China angry. Hoang Ngoc Giao, director…
The pro-Chinese attitude of incumbent Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte has led the country’s political arena to have heated debates. This time, the COVID-19 pandemic originating in China created a wave of island nation revolving around an anti-pandemic story. In order…
Beijing’s hegemony project, the “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI, also known as the “One Belt, One Road” is sometimes referred to as the New Silk Road) covers three continents. Asia, Europe, Africa, and two-thirds of the Earth’s population have been…
In recent days, Taiwan has once again emerged as a fierce confrontation between the US and China. On May 1, the US delegation at the United Nations affirmed its support for Taiwan to participate in activities at the UN and…
The latest research by the leading US cybersecurity firm said that the alleged China-backed hackers could be behind a campaign to collect data from Vietnamese government officials amid increasing tensions between the two countries in the disputed East Sea (South…
In the face of strong international allegations of expansionism in the East Sea (South China Sea or SCS), and with intense urges from many countries for an independent investigation into the true origin of the coronavirus, China had to successively…
A special train, possibly of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, this week was seen in a resort town, based on satellite images which were analized by a project from Washington specializing in monitoring the situation in North Korea. In a…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on April 23 told Southeast Asian partners that China is taking advantage of the world being busy with the Covid-19 pandemic to promote territorial ambitions in the East Sea (South China Sea). Pompeo made…
Vietnamese American medical doctor, priest Pham Huu Tam (Anthony Pham) in Houston, Texas, is volunteering at the front line at Elmhurst Hospital, Queens, the hospital with the highest mortality rate in New York, recently gave interview with VOA Vietnamese about…
In the face of illegal sovereignty claims and aggressive Chinese actions in the East Sea (South China Sea), public opinion in Vietnam has repeatedly raised the issue of Vietnam’s challenging China in international courts. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)…
The United Nations warned on April 21 that the world is at risk of famine “of a scale as mentioned in the Bible” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Program (WFP) on April…
The Covid-19’s strong attack on the aircraft carriers of the world military powers, France and the US, led the two countries to step up the investigation of the source of infection. According to a review released by the French military…
More than 100 Vietnamese people infected with Coronavirus in Moscow are calling for help from the community and the Vietnamese Embassy in the context of the health system in the Russian capital is seriously overloaded by the pandemic. Some people…
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted a feature of Chinese diplomacy “under the reign” of Xi Jinping – that is, aggressive, arrogant, rude features different from a hidden China along with the previous generation of modest and courteous diplomats. China has…
Vietnamese-Americans are joining “thousands of plaintiffs” in suing the Chinese government for spreading the Coronavirus and “claiming billions of dollars in compensation” for physical and financial damages. According to a record filed by the Berman Law Firm in Florida, the…
