Vietnam has just said it has proposed to China to “find a fundamental and long-term solution” to the East Sea (South China Sea) issue during a meeting between Vietnam’s new Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Chinese State Councilor cum…
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has just approved a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine while many people have expressed doubts about Sinopharm’s vaccine and suggested that this vaccine should be given to “senior officials” first. Vietnam’s state-controlled media reported that Deputy Health Minister…
June 5, 2021, is exactly 10 years that have passed since the start of consecutive large anti-China protests across the country. The protests during the summer of 2011 are considered by activists to be an important milestone, ushering in a…
On the morning of June 3, 2021, Ho Chi Minh City’s Social Insurance said that six private polyclinics had submitted applications to suspend operations during the COVID-19 epidemic (for medical examination and treatment of people covered by health insurance). The…
The anti-corruption work carried out by the state and the Communist Party of Vietnam for many years has shown signs of working, with corruption becoming more “reserved” and those who commit corruption have become more “cautious.” However, despite the above…
The staff of Gia An 115 Hospital administering Covid-19 vaccine Vietnam’s Ministry of Health on the afternoon of June 3 said that the government has negotiated with foreign producers to purchase 170 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine for 2021,…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that the COVID-19 strain that Vietnam says is a ‘hybrid’ between the two Indian and British strains is just an additional mutation of the coronavirus strain detected at present in India. This confirmation…
The naval commanders of Vietnam and China agreed to set up a hotline in a move seen as an attempt to manage the risk of conflict over the two countries’ claims in the South China Sea. The admirals of the…
The super-wealthy in Vietnam can be divided into three groups according to their path and field of enrichment, although this diversity appears to have shared “common things”, said an observer of Vietnam’s economy and society from Hanoi told the BBC.…
After the tension and noise between China and the Philippines, Manila once again announced that it wanted to turn Thitu Island (Vietnamese call it Thi Tu) into a logistics center – a logistics base in the Truong Sa (Spratlys) in…
