Germany and Vietnam have just signed three cooperation documents in the fields of defense, energy transition, and labor and vocational training. The signing took place on the occasion of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to Vietnam from November 13-14 at…
Xi Jinping has been elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China for another five years. As such, this is his third consecutive term since 2012. The Government Information website announced the above information on October 23…
Vietnamese Minister of Public Security To Lam and Director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Christopher Wray had an online conference to discuss further strengthening cooperation in the prevention of transnational crime between the two countries. At the…
Canada is the 14th largest foreign investor in Vietnam as of November 2021 with 231 projects worth $4.81 billion. Vietnam is Canada’s top trading partner in ASEAN. For the last few years, Canada has looked to Vietnam as a dynamic…
China’s aggressive actions to expand its power in the South China Sea in the past time have worried many Southeast Asian countries. The Director-General of the Indonesian Maritime Safety Authority recently announced that he would invite the maritime directors of…
Vietnam and Japan November 23 signed an agreement on cyber security cooperation as the two Asian nations tighten defense ties amid concerns about China’s growing assertiveness. Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang and his Japanese counterpart, Minister Nobuo Kishi, witnessed…
The role of the Quartet is increasing The Quartet plays an increasingly important role in curbing Chinese influence. The Chinese government has always viewed the Quartet as a US-led effort to contain and counter China’s global rise, and the group’s…
The US government has re-committed to a comprehensive partnership with Vietnam and wants to strengthen cooperation with the government of the Southeast Asian country in many areas, including maritime security, according to the White House. A new statement released by…
Threats from China Until recent years, China’s rise in many fields has made the South China Sea (Vietnamese call it the East Sea) area a dangerous “gunpowder barrel” in the world. China’s important goal is to monopolize the sea, thereby…
More than 7,000 American citizens have been scammed by a group of Vietnamese online, in which online shoppers across the US paid a total of nearly $1 million to buy dry hand-washing products but never received the goods, the US…
