It took 20 years after the end of the war for Vietnam and the US to normalize their relations and more than a quarter of a century later, the two former enemies still could not upgrade their relationship to strategic…
It took a month after the US presidential election, the Vietnamese leaders sent their congratulations to Mr. Joe Biden. In Vietnam, people know Donald Trump better and expected him to be re-elected more than Joe Biden. That is because not…
On May 6, at the US-ASEAN Dialogue, Vietnam expressed its wish that the US would continue to play a constructive and supportive role in ASEAN’s efforts over the disputes in the South China Sea (Vietnamese call it the East Sea).…
International human rights organizations spoke out against the Vietnamese government’s trial and verdict against activists Mrs. Can Thi Theu and her son Trinh Ba Tu shortly after a court in Hoa Binh province convicted them and sentenced each of them…
Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied the Chinese side’s accusations that the Vietnamese maritime militia threatened its security and defense forces, affirming Vietnam’s peaceful defense policy. At the ministry’s regular press conference on the afternoon of April 29, Deputy…
The Vietnamese government on April 29, 2021, officially rejected the fishing ban that China has just issued in the waters surrounding China, including the East Sea (South China Sea). During a regular press conference in Hanoi, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s…
The UK-Vietnam free trade agreement (UKVFTA) officially came into effect on May 1, 2021. The UK-Vietnam joint statement released by the British Ministry of Commerce states that with a total trade value equivalent to £ 5.1 billion, the agreement creates…
On April 29, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the 2021 Report of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) had a number of contents that lack objectivity, not fair, and based on the incorrect information” about…
What is this time talking about “strategic trust” between China and Vietnam, if not flashy lies? Leaders of two “fake” communist countries are racing to play a cheap play. The conflict was at its height but the lines were all…
One day after China’s Defense Minister Wei Fenghe had a meeting with Vietnamese General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 27, the Chinese media reported that Mr. Phuc affirmed: “would not follow another country…
