Achievement intoxication Last year, Vietnam’s state-controlled media had the opportunity to praise all the achievements of Vietnam’s diplomacy. The Vietnamese government and the diplomatic sector are still excited to „show off their merits“ when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out and…
After ten years, the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) returns to Cambodia in 2022. However, this time, the regional situation has changed a lot, when the disputes in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the…
„Talking nice but with actual bed intention“ Recently, in an online forum organized by the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines and a local advocacy group in Manila, the Philippines on January 17, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the…
A recent video shows Chinese soldiers hurling stones and cursing at unarmed Vietnamese construction workers in Ha Giang province, which borders China. The event took place in the context of Vietnam’s agricultural exports being stagnated when thousands of trucks carrying…
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 13 called on China to open a border gate to receive Vietnamese exports, which has been stuck here for weeks due to Beijing’s „no COVID“ policy. Chinh made the offer during a…
Deputy Minister of Vietnam’s Defense Ministry, Senior Lieutenant General Vo Minh Luong, has just led the Defense Ministry delegation to Cambodia to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new headquarters of the Ministry of Defense in Phnom Penh in December…
At the beginning of December, the price of Thai jackfruit in Dak Lak and Hau Giang for delivery at the garden dropped dramatically, to a record low of only VND2,000 /kg because it could not be exported to China, and…
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…
