In a speech about 40 minutes long at the Center for Strategy and International Studies (CSIS) on the afternoon of May 11, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh repeated many times that “trust, sincerity, and responsibility” are the key to…
China is still threatening in the South China Sea While the whole world is still focusing on the military situation in Donbas, Ukraine, China is continuing to strengthen its strength and “show off its fangs and claws” in the South…
Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe and his Vietnamese counterpart Phan Van Giang pledged to increase defense ties between the two countries for the sake of stability in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea) and land border.…
China Central Television (CCTV) on March 22 reported that the Southern Command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Army had just sent an upgraded J-11B fighter jet to participate in a simulated exercise in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls…
China has completed the militarization of at least three artificial islands in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea), according to information provided by the United States. In an exclusive report by the AP news agency published…
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 21 that Russia recognized the independence of two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, the “Donetsk People’s Republic” and the “Luhansk People’s Republic”. Immediately after signing the decree, Putin also directed the Russian Ministry…
After ten years, the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) returns to Cambodia in 2022. However, this time, the regional situation has changed a lot, when the disputes in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the…
“Talking nice but with actual bed intention” Recently, in an online forum organized by the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines and a local advocacy group in Manila, the Philippines on January 17, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the…
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…
Indonesia has invited officials in charge of maritime security from Vietnam and other countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to meet early next year to discuss how to respond to China’s assertiveness in the South China Sea.…
