US Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to visit Vietnam on August 24-26, after visiting Singapore starting on August 22. Her visit comes just days after the once US-backed government in Afghanistan collapsed following Taliban attacks, raising questions about the…
Immediately after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave a speech at the UN about Washington’s role and interests in resolving territorial disputes in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea), many Vietnamese expressed their agreement. Foreign…
The United Nations Security Council for the first time on August 9, 2021, held video conference a separate high-level official meeting on the topic of maritime security. Even at the Security Council forum, the United States denounced “bullying acts” in…
China has just announced that it will hold a major exercise in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea) from August 6-10 to “respond to military provocations from the US and some other countries.” Previously, on August…
A group of British warships is present in Asia and visiting waters in Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia from the last week of July 2021, several regional security observers commented to the BBC about the possibility that this group of…
Mischief Reef, Spratly Islands “Legal War” in “Tactical Three Races“ In its “Chinese dream,” China always aims to become a maritime power, and the East Sea (South China Sea) is the gateway for China to reach the world’s seas and…
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace on July 20 announced London’s plans for a permanent deployment of two naval vessels to Asia by the end of the year. This plan will be carried out after the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth and…
The Chinese military has deployed helicopters and early warning aircraft on two islands occupied by Beijing in the South China Sea. Some experts, quoted by the Washington Times on July 13, 2021, say this is a sign that the Chinese…
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, increasing the number of infected people and deaths. However, in some countries and territories, people refuse to receive Chinese vaccines, despite the risk of disease. This happens in Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan,…
The Vietnamese army has just established a militia squadron in Kien Giang which is equipped with ships and specialized weapons amid the increasingly tense situation in the East Sea (South China Sea). Vietnam’s state-controlled media in the past week said…
