Patrick Horvath Dr Patrick Horvath The Remarkable State Visit From July 23rd to July 25th 2023, Vietnamese president Vo Van Thuong will pay a state visit to the Republic of Austria. Mister Vo, born in 1970. was elected president by ...
Vietnam – A Resilient Partner looking to the bright future
Vietnam and Austria have enjoyed a traditional and friendly relations, with their bilateral trade turnovers ranking first in ASEAN and being among top 10 in the EU blocs. The Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen invited the President Vo Van ...
Biden, Modi take careful aim at China, Russia in joint statement
The United States and India declared themselves “among the closest partners in the world” on Thursday during a state visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington hosted by President Joe Biden. Washington has been frustrated by India’s close ties with ...
Air Force B-52H Bombers Just Landed Right in China’s Backyard
For the first time in history, a U.S. Air Force B-52H bomber has arrived in Indonesia, a country in the South Pacific about 2,000 miles south of China and within strategic reach of the South China Sea, Taiwan, and other ...
Chinese ships leave Vietnam’s EEZ after US-China talks 
Following high-level US-China talks, a Chinese research ship and its escort, which operated for nearly a month in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, left those waters on Monday night. A Chinese research ship and its ...
Vietnam requests China to withdraw vessels from its waters
Vietnam demands that China withdraw its research vessel Xiang Yang Hong 10, Coast Guard vessels, and fishing vessels from Vietnam’s waters, Deputy Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on May 25. Vietnam demands that China ...
Cluster of Chinese vessels spotted near Russian rig off Vietnam – ship monitors
A Chinese research vessel flanked by coast guard and nearly a dozen boats on Wednesday entered a gas block operated by Russian and Vietnamese state firms, two monitoring groups said, another potential flashpoint in the South China Sea. A China ...
Europe’s relationship with China reaches new critical juncture
European officials are traveling to China in the hope of persuading Beijing to denounce Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and cool its recent kinship with the Kremlin. The 27-member bloc walks a tightrope, looking to develop economic ties with China but also ...
(Tiếng Việt) Đức sẵn sàng hỗ trợ Việt Nam chuyển đổi năng lượng
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Philippines, U.S. kick off joint drills amid concerns over China
More than 3,000 Filipino and U.S. soldiers will participate in a three-week-long annual exercise that began on Monday in order to tighten the Philippines’ defensive capabilities to China’s distaste. The exercise follows President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s decision last month to ...
Some predictions about China in 2023
2023 is the first year to fully grasp the implementation of the Resolution of the 20th National Congress, the pivotal year of the 14th Socio-Economic Development Plan, and in the beginning stage of the process of building a socialist modernized ...
China’s Maritime Militia Swarms Philippine-Held Island in South China Sea
The Philippines this week said it continued to track dozens of armed Chinese fishing vessels around a disputed island in the South China Sea, part of Beijing’s “gray zone” efforts to assert sweeping claims in the energy-rich waters. Chinese fishing boats anchored ...
China using AI for decisive edge in South China Sea
China has just used artificial intelligence (AI) to simulate its island-building activities in the South China Sea, a move that if and when actualized could help to bolster its maritime claims in the hotly contested maritime region. This month, South ...
Vietnamese PM meets with Spanish counterpart in Brussels
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón on the sidelines of the ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit marking 45 years of diplomatic ties in Brussels, Belgium, on December 14. PM Pham Minh Chinh (second, right) ...
9th Ocean Dialogue spotlights marine scientific research
Marine scientific research plays an important role in biodiversity conservation and restoration, and sustainable development, heard an ocean dialogue held in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on October 5. The 9th Ocean Dialogue takes the theme of “Marine ...
South China Sea: Germany to expand military presence in contested region
Germany is set to expand its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region. The move to expand comes amidst increasing concern over China’s territorial ambitions in the contested region. Speaking with Reuters, German defense minister Eberhard Zorn said the country plans ...
Vietnam reaffirms importance of freedom of navigation, overflight in East Sea
Vietnam has affirmed the necessity for maintaining peace, security, and freedom of navigation and overflight in the East Sea while attending the 32nd Meeting of States Parties to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). ...
How Vietnam’s economy benefits from China’s pandemic policy
Unlike China, Vietnam has largely overcome the pandemic and wants to continue building on its economic success story from recent years. Can Hanoi sustain long-term growth? Vietnam’s adherence to an open economy makes it ‘indispensable from a European perspective’ Vietnam ...
Biden says U.S. would respond militarily if China invades Taiwan; announces IPEF members
U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday that the U.S. would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan, saying the burden to protect Taiwan is “even stronger’ after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It was one of the most forceful presidential ...
What to Know About the New IPEF Trade Bloc
U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One to leave for Japan after his South Korea trip on May 22, 2022. Kim Hong-Ji—Getty Images President Joe Biden faced a dilemma on trade in Asia: He couldn’t just ...