China donated more money and the COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam after the US additionally gave Vietnam more than 2 million doses. Vietnam’s state-controlled media on Thursday, December 2, reported that during the ongoing visit to China by Vietnamese Foreign Minister…
On December 2, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son paid an official visit to China during a two-day visit, at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, the foreign ministries of the two countries announced. Foreign Minister Bui Thanh…
Allies have expressed “strong concern” about China’s “problematic and unilateral actions” in disputed waters in the Asia Pacific and said they would work together on this issue. In a joint statement after a high-level meeting between the US Deputy Secretary…
US President Biden’s administration has invited Taiwan to join the “Summit for Democracy” next month, according to a list of participating countries released on Tuesday. This move angered China. The Beijing government has long considered the democratic island of Taiwan…
Leaders of ASEAN countries and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a summit on November 22, 2021, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations. On this occasion, Beijing wants to promote negotiations on a Code of Conduct…
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…
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…
According to analysts, it is likely that the South China Sea remains one of the thorniest issues between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at a time when and the ten-nation bloc and its northern neighbor celebrate…
