On June 25, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Adviser to President Ivanka Trump, and Ambassador John Richmond announced the 2020 annual report on Human Trafficking, which places Vietnam in a group of countries that need to be monitored due…
In addition to paying huge amounts of money to Spanish oil company Repsol, the Vietnamese government is facing the challenge of meeting increasing domestic energy demand and the shyness of foreign energy partners. Repsol recently officially transferred its stakes in…
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) on June 23 announced the opening of an anti-dumping investigation on tires imported from Vietnam and three other Asian countries and see if Vietnamese manufacturers are receiving unfair subsidies or not. Three other Asian…
On June 24, the Vietnamese communist regime arrested six activists in Hanoi on the morning of June 24, according to social media sources and activists in Hanoi. The detainees include Trinh Ba Phuong, his younger brother Trinh Ba Tu and…
The US diplomatic agency in Vietnam has denied a rumor which says the US suspends the issuance of visas for Vietnamese students” since early July and said it started reviewing immigrant visa applications. “Don’t believe the rumors online! There has…
In an interview with the BBC, Dr. Tran Cong Truc, former head of Vietnam ‘s Government Border Committee, affirmed that four scenarios Beijing could do if Vietnam sues China in the international court-drawn recently by Mr. Wu Shicun, director of…
Spain’s Oil and Gas Group Repsol has signed an agreement with the state-owned Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) to transfer its shares in three oil and gas exploration projects in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone in the East Sea…
Overseas remittances have always played an important role in Vietnam’s economy. The COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on this source of money, which has kept the communist authorities from being panicked in recent months. The number of remittances sent…
Can Vietnam expect any solution to “regain” the Hoang Sa (Paracels)? Vietnam accused China of “using force in 1974 to invade” the Hoang Sa (Paracels) managed by the Republic of Vietnam government. Vietnam’s official position is that Vietnam has “undisputed…
On June 19, 2020, the US-based rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuses the Vietnamese government of increasing its crackdown on dissidents and human rights activists before the 13th National Congress of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) scheduled…
