Vietnam has $6 billion trade deficit with China in January

Vietnam’s goods exports to the Chinese market fell sharply in January, but imports still increased sharply in the first month of the year, according to statistics of the General Department of Customs quoted by the State newspaper on February 16.…
Is Chinese hand in arrests of Vietnamese environmental activist?

Environmental hero arrested Vietnam’s state-controlled media recently reported that the Security Investigation Agency of the Hanoi City Police Department has arrested Ms. Nguyen Thi Khanh – Director of the Green Innovation Development Center (GreenID) on charges of tax evasion. Ms.…
China and money – bottlenecks of Vietnam’s diplomacy

Achievement intoxication Last year, Vietnam’s state-controlled media had the opportunity to praise all the achievements of Vietnam’s diplomacy. The Vietnamese government and the diplomatic sector are still excited to “show off their merits” when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out and…
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…