Vietnam’s state-controlled media reported that the two provinces of Cao Bang, Vietnam and Guangxi, China, agreed that from September 15, they would begin piloting the welcoming of tourists from the two countries to visit the Ban Gioc waterfall…
Indigenous peoples or “ethnic minorities” in Dak Lak, Central Highlands have been “expropriated from their ancestral lands” where the Vietnamese government applies a “colonial” policy. And if the ‘ethnic minority’ is considered as “blood brother,” the government needs to have…
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…
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…
On April 15, 2021, the Australian News website had an article “Will Vietnam decide the fate of the South China Sea?” by author Jamie Seidel. The East Sea is the name that Vietnam uses to refer to the sea area…
The fact that China has sent hundreds of ships anchored for a long time at Whitsun Reef in the Truong Sa (Spratlys) raised tensions in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea). An important question arises: Which…
China has been using “gray zone” tactics, especially “People’s War at Sea” in realizing its expansion ambitions in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea). Ph.D. Alexander Vuving, a leading expert on East Sea and Asian security,…
China’s policy on the South China Sea (Vietnamese call it the East Sea) became more aggressive after Xi Jinping became China’s highest leader in November 2012. We can gauge the magnitude of this aggression by considering how, after coming to…
Vietnam-US warm relations US National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien just visited Hanoi on November 20-22. According to the announcement of the Vietnamese side, this visit is to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the US-Vietnam diplomatic relations and to highlight…
Dr. Le Thu Huong, a senior researcher of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, commented on Vietnam-China relations in the context of increasing tensions in the East Sea (South China Sea), without eliminating the risk of military conflict in the sea.…
