US, Vietnam ties have never been better
Former battlefield foes celebrated 25-year anniversary of relations with high mutual praise and a joint eye on China
US commemorates 25 years of diplomatic relations with Vietnam
U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and the White House press secretary released two separate statements on the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Vietnam on Saturday.
Vietnam to host conference on ASEAN security
Vietnam will today chair the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Security Policy Conference, hosted virtually in Hanoi.
Vietnam to host 36th ASEAN Summit remotely
The 36th ASEAN Summit, being hosted by Vietnam from June 22 to 26, 2020, will take place via teleconference in light of the COVID-19 outbreak
South China Sea : if Vietnam files suit, China may take part in legal proceedings
Participating in an arbitration would be a shift from tactics in the case Beijing lost unanimously to the Philippines in 2016. Analysts debate different responses Beijing could take after Hanoi signals it may seek an arbitral resolution to South China…
Tasks before Vietnam as ASEAN Chair 2020
Vietnam has taken up two important positions recently – the Chair of ASEAN for 2020 and the non-permanent member of the UNSC for 2020-2021. Both these positions present daunting tasks to Vietnam.
Why Vietnam embraces multilateralism at this uncertain time
Communities might be locked in isolation for Covid-19, butHanoi has faith in the way the world can work together.
Nimble Vietnam reaping gains from success against Covid-19
Schools have reopened and buses are running as usual in Vietnam, which has gone for almost a month without seeing community transmission of the Covid-19 virus.
It’s time for Vietnam and ASEAN to challenge Beijing in the South China Sea
On 14 April, as China’s Haiyang Dizhi 8 survey group sailed into the South China Sea again, Taiwan scrambled ships to monitor the passage of the Chinese navy’s Liaoning aircraft carrier strike group as it went through the Miyako Strait…
Vietnam may soon sue China on South China Sea
Hanoi is weighing an international arbitration case against Beijing to settle their hotly contested sea claims
Will Vietnam lease Cam Ranh Bay to the United States?
Is there any meat to the rumors that Vietnam would lease Cam Ranh Bay to the United States?
Reviewing Vietnam’s ‘Struggle’ Options in the South China Sea
What are Hanoi’s options to push back on Beijing ?
US adds $5 million to Covid-19 assistance for Vietnam
The U.S. will provide $5 million to help mitigate Covid-19 impacts on the Vietnamese economy, the State Department said Friday.
Vietnam protests China’s new South China Sea districts
Move seen as effort to tighten grip on disputed waters amid coronivirus fight
Looking beyond symbolism in US–Vietnam defence cooperation
The second visit by US aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill to Vietnam came at a time of ambivalent defence relations between the two countries.
Vietnam gives the U.S. 250,000 locally made medical masks
Masks are worth $100,000, Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Vietnam also gives Japan $100,000 of masks, medical equipment
Vietnam poised to be big post-pandemic winner
Vietnam’s ‘coronavirus diplomacy’ has lent an emergency helping hand to the West that will likely be rewarded in kind after the plague
Vietnam challenges China’s monopoly on virus diplomacy
Vietnam is challenging China’s dominance of coronavirus diplomacy with the donation of medical supplies to Europe and Southeast Asia and even winning plaudits from U.S. President Donald Trump for a shipment of protective suits.
Donating masks and equipment, Vietnam rivals China’s ‘coronavirus diplomacy’
Vietnam is challenging China’s dominance of coronavirus diplomacy with the donation of medical supplies to Europe and Southeast Asia and even winning plaudits from U.S. President Donald Trump for a shipment of protective suits.
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.
New Coronavirus Assistance Highlights Vietnam-EU Relations Amid COVID-19
The recent round of assistance highlighted an aspect of ties amid the global coronavirus pandemic.
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.
China remains unfazed by warming US-Vietnam security ties
U.S.-Vietnam ties continue to advance, and Beijing doesn’t seem too concerned.
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…