Vietnam and China discuss land border trade problems
Vietnam’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường had a working session with Chinese Ambassador to Việt Nam Xiong Bo in Hà Nội on Thursday to discuss facilitating the exchange of agricultural products between the two countries amid…
How the 1979 China-Vietnam war forever reshaped Asia
Here’s what you need to remember: Party Chairman Deng Xiaoping used the PLA’s demonstrated shortcomings to consolidate political power and begin a modernization effort, downsizing it by over a million personnel to improve its quality. Thus, the Chinese war intended to “teach…
Chinese ship returns to waters off Vietnam amid virus ‘distraction’ charges
A Chinese ship embroiled in a standoff with Vietnamese vessels last year has returned to waters near Vietnam as the United States accused China of pushing its presence in the South China Sea while other claimants are pre-occupied with the…
Philippines backs Vietnam after China sinks fishing boat
In an unusually pointed statement, Manila laments loss of trust among neighbours due to incidents in disputed seas.
Vietnam condemns sinking of boat off Paracels, demands China compensate
Vietnam has demanded that China take action against the Chinese Coast Guard vessel that sank a Vietnamese fishing boat and compensate the fishermen for their loss.
Shocking defeat : how China lost to Vietnam in 1979
Beijing may have lost the war, but it won in the long-run. Here’s how the conflict helped birth painful but necessary military reforms in the PLA.
China remains unfazed by warming US-Vietnam security ties
U.S.-Vietnam ties continue to advance, and Beijing doesn’t seem too concerned.
How Vietnam learned from China’s coronavirus mistakes
Hanoi, a fellow communist state, realized quickly that a China-style cover-up would only make things worse.
Why the US-Vietnam strategic alliance in the South China Sea is unlikely to last
The US and Vietnam are strange bedfellows, with no common culture, ideology, political system or world view, united for now by the ‘China threat’. But with US freedom of navigation operations challenging Vietnam’s claims along with China’s and no deep…
Is Vietnam sending its maritime militia to China’s coast ?
In recent weeks, hundreds of Vietnamese fishing boats have gathered near China’s Hainan province, site of a sensitive military base.
Coronavirus: Vietnam lured factories during trade war, but now faces big hit as parts from China stop flowing
Vietnam became the destination of choice for firms looking to avoid trade war tariffs, but the coronavirus has left many cut off from their suppliers. The Southeast Asian nation is more exposed to China’s supply chain than any other country…
How Vietnam is using fishing trawlers to keep an eye on China’s military
Vietnamese boats frequently make forays into Chinese territorial waters near Hainan, home to a number of key armed forces bases, a think tank says While many might come for the fish, some also stay to spy, analyst says
Vietnam flies $500,000 in medical aid to China amid novel coronavirus epidemic
Vietnam has shipped medical supplies and equipment worth US$500,000 to China to help the neighboring country combat a pneumonia epidemic caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).