Vietnam opposes China’s vegetable cultivation in Hoang Sa
Vietnam has objected to China’s vegetable cultivation on an island in the Southeast Asian country’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.
Post-Covid-19 : as tensions build with China, will US turn to Vietnam?
US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut bilateral ties with China, the latest blast in an increasingly violent war-of-words between the world’s two largest economies about the origins of the virus that has killed more than 300,000 people. Adding…
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…
Hanoi rejects Beijing’s unilateral fishing ban in East Vietnam Sea
The Vietnamese foreign ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has said Vietnam rejects China’s unilateral decision on a fishing ban in the East Vietnam Sea from May 1 to August 16.
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
Reviewing Vietnam’s ‘Struggle’ Options in the South China Sea
What are Hanoi’s options to push back on Beijing ?
How China weaponizes COVID-19 in the East Vietnam Sea
China has been accused of taking advantage of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak to push its territorial ambitions in the East Vietnam Sea.
Vietnam protests China’s new South China Sea districts
Move seen as effort to tighten grip on disputed waters amid coronivirus fight
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.