Vietnam has just selected the Israeli company Controp as a supplier of surveillance systems for the new ships of its Coast Guard, Israel’s media cited the information from Controp on Sept 11. Control is a manufacturer specializing in photoelectric and…
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…
The Malaysia Coast Guard shooting and killing a Vietnamese fisherman has raised concerns about the impact of the incident on relations between ASEAN countries – as well as ASEAN’s relationship with China, according to South China Morning Post. The event…
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…
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…
After establishing the two island districts of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa in April of this year, the country’s next administrative step in the South China Sea (Vietnamese call it the East Sea) is the revision of China’s maritime regulations…
Jeff Becker, a researcher and consultant in the field of defense, currently living in Virginia, the US, recently published an article entitled “How to prevent China from completing its takeover of the South China Sea.” The analysis was posted on…
The Chinese military is conducting a live-fire drill near the Leizhou Peninsula, in Guangdong province, which is close to Hainan Island, state media reported. The exercise took place at the gateway area into the South China Sea starting Saturday, amid…
The assertive policy of asserting Chinese power and sovereignty in recent days seems to be creating more rivals for Beijing, but with its sovereign neighbor state disputing with China in the South China Sea is Vietnam. Nam, some experts have…
