Just two days after the 36th ASEAN Summit issued a statement expressing concern about the complicated situation in the East Sea (South China Sea), the China Maritime Safety Administration announced the military exercise around the Hoang Sa (Paracels) on July…
Immediately after Vietnam on behalf of ASEAN leaders issued a statement considered the “most powerful” ever on the South China Sea, which refers to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and was welcomed by the…
Dân biểu đảng Xanh Bütikofer cáo buộc Thủ tướng Angela Merkel: “Bà Merkel hay nói về niềm tin với Trung Quốc. Nhưng niềm tin phải dựa trên sự thật. Và Trung Quốc của Tập Cận Bình rõ ràng chỉ giữ…
Phuc’s remarks were made at a press conference on Jun 26 at the end of the ASEAN 36 Summit last weekend on the capacity of the rotating chairman of the 10-nation bloc this year. “ASEAN always wants an Asia-Pacific region…
The risk of China establishing the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the East Sea (South China Sea) is at an alarming rate. At that time, the US-China competition will surely enter a new stage, the consequences of which no…
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…
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…
The Chinese Embassy’s Facebook page in Hanoi is fully exploited by its diplomats as a media channel that not only propagates and promotes Chinese culture, praising the motto “4 goods-16 golden words” regarding the relationship between the two fraternal communist…
A Chinese Coast Guard ship crashed and nearly sank a Vietnamese fishing boat on June 10 in the disputed Hoang Sa (Paracels), leading to protests from the Vietnam Fisheries Association. Just two days after the incident, the director of a…
