China on November 4, 2020, publicly released a draft amendment to allow its China Coast Guard to use weapons in waters that Beijing considers under China’s jurisdiction. According to political observers, the Chinese National People’s Congress will approve it during…
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.…
China’s growing military actions in the South China Sea (Vietnamese call it the East Sea) have pushed Hanoi and New Delhi closer together in an increasingly close military partnership seen as a counterbalance to China. The recent Chinese launch of…
Netizens recently denounced the sale of 25 million tons of sand exported by Vietnam’s Ministry of Defense to China to help the giant neighbor country build artificial islands in the East Sea (South China Sea). Hundreds of thousands of hectares…
Vietnam is not included in the list of 10 countries participating in this year’s Rim of Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) in Hawaii, although it was invited by the US. RIMPAC, the largest international naval exercise in the world organized by the…
Vietnam has informed India of the escalating tensions in the South China Sea (Vietnamese call it the East Sea), reported Press Trust of India (PTI), as China is increasing its military presence there with the deployment of ships, fighters and…
The problem to decipher here is what is behind VTV1’s decision to show the movie about the war of China’s invasion on February 17, 1979, at the golden hour of VTV1? Is this the „pivot“ of the Communist Party of…
President Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), on August 8, sent his condolences to his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Phu Trong about the death of former General Secretary Le Kha Phieu of the Communist Party of…
Vietnam oil and gas industry has just announced the discovery of an oil and gas field – Ken Bau mine – arguably the largest in its history in the East Sea (South China Sea). What is this mining plan like?…
On August 6, Vietnam officially commented on the recent Chinese exercise video, including the deployment of fighters to Subi Rock in the Truong Sa (Spratlys), which Vietnam declared as its sovereignty. „First, it can be affirmed that the Hoang Sa…
