What China intends with accelerating construction of border walls with Vietnam and Burma?
China completed 659 km of fence at the border with Burma in just 2 months. This is part of the project “Great Wall of the South” of China, stretching along the border from Burma (about 2,170 km) to Vietnam (nearly…
UBS: Vietnam grows faster than China but with many risks
The Swiss-based global financial group UBS said that Vietnam’s economy grew faster than China last year and still has “huge potential.” However, UBS believes that investors in Vietnam still face some potential risks. Mr. Kelvin Tay, Regional Investment Director of…
Vietnam does not know that China has placed anti-aircraft missiles near its border?
“We will verify the information that you asked.” That was the answer of the spokeswoman Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Le Thi Thu Hang, at an online press conference on the afternoon of February 4 about a question related…
How does Vietnam respond as China’s Coast Guard empowered to shoot foreign vessels?
After China enacted a law allowing the country’s Coast Guard to open fire on foreign ships, the two researchers told VOA that Vietnam would soon raise their objection as well as coordinate with many countries to deal with China in…
Freelance journalists: Sad because Vietnam’s government outlets remain silent about Paracels
A number of the state-controlled newspapers and news sites with a lot of followers in Vietnam including Tuoi Tre, Thanh Nien, Tien Phong, VNExpress on January 19 published articles reminiscent of the Hoang Sa naval war that happened 47 years…
Review tensions in the South China Sea in 2020
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic hits many countries around the world. While other countries are concerned about the fight against the epidemic, China still carries out aggressive and threatening actions in the South China Sea (Vietnamese call it the…
China’s South China Sea Policy under Xi Jinping
China’s policy on the South China Sea (Vietnamese call it the East Sea) became more aggressive after Xi Jinping became China’s highest leader in November 2012. We can gauge the magnitude of this aggression by considering how, after coming to…
Vietnam before Party’s National Congress: Chinese Elements and American Card
The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is scheduled to take place in January 2021. About 1,600 delegates nationwide will elect the new Party Central Committee of 180 members. In addition to the difficulty in electing…
Will Vietnam be free from Beijing’s influence?
Vietnam-US warm relations US National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien just visited Hanoi on November 20-22. According to the announcement of the Vietnamese side, this visit is to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the US-Vietnam diplomatic relations and to highlight…
