The warmth of Vietnam – Russia relations Vietnam and Russia are looking to strengthen ties in many ways. In 2020, Vietnam and the Russian Federation celebrate 70 years of establishing diplomatic relations, in 2021, 20 years of establishing the strategic…
Vietnam and Japan November 23 signed an agreement on cyber security cooperation as the two Asian nations tighten defense ties amid concerns about China’s growing assertiveness. Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang and his Japanese counterpart, Minister Nobuo Kishi, witnessed…
The first online exchange US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping had their first online meeting to discuss many existing issues in US-China relations. The conference began around 8 p.m. on November 15 in Washington, a few…
On, November 18, 2021, speaking at the opening of an international scientific conference on the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea) in Hanoi, which lasted for 2 days, Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu highlighted Vietnam’s…
President Joe Biden’s administration views Vietnam as a key country for the US to strengthen ties, said the White House’s chief of the Indo-Pacific region, calling the Southeast Asian nation an “important battleground” of the United States there. Speaking at…
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on countries to “obey international law” and “behave responsibly” in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea) when speaking at a meeting of leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian…
Speaking at the East Asia Summit (EAS) on the evening of October 27, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh mentioned the security issue of the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea), saying that maintaining peace and stability…
The Vietnam Aviation Business Association warned that if Vietnam does not completely abolish the requirement of a seven-day concentrated quarantine for foreign travelers, it will be difficult to restore the number of international visitors as before the COVID-19 pandemic. Inside…
The Vietnamese government plans to reduce rice-growing land by nearly 350,000 hectares by 2030, the state-controlled media reported on October 29. Specifically, when submitting this plan to the National Assembly, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha said…
On October 1, 2021, when more than a million workers simultaneously left Saigon and surrounding industrial zones to return to their hometowns, one could see that the government was not prepared for that situation. Hastily issued orders are sometimes contradictory,…