Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, and Politburo member, Director of the Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee’s Commission for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi co-chaired the ...

As a coastal nation with more than 3,260 kilometres of coastline and thousands of islands, Vietnam’s commitment to responsible implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is in line with the country’s thorough foreign ...

Total registered foreign direct investment (FDI) into Vietnam, including new and additional investments, and capital contributions via share purchases, reached 31.4 billion USD in the first 11 months of 2024. Nearly 17.39 billion USD was poured into 3,035 new projects, ...

Vietnam posted a trade surplus of 24.31 billion USD in the January-November period, according to the General Statistics Office. In November alone, import-export turnover reached 66.4 billion USD, down 4.1% month on month but up 9% year on year. The ...

The South China Sea dispute is one of the most complex and tense geopolitical issues in Southeast Asia, primarily involving China and several other countries such as Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and Taiwan. Background The South China Sea holds ...

Party General Secretary and President To Lam and French President Emmanuel Macron announced the upgrade of relations between the two countries to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during their talks in Paris on Monday, making France the first country in the ...

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Ship 251 of Brigade 127 under Naval Region 5 of the Vietnam People’s Navy successfully completed the 75th joint patrol with Ship 1141 of Ream Naval Base of the Royal Cambodian Navy in the waters between the two countries. Vietnam ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s recent trip to China is a success. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets Chinese President Xi Jinping The PM made the trip to attend the 15th ...

The 12th Ocean Dialogue, themed “Enduring Maritime Connectivity in a Fragmenting World”, took place in Ho Chi Minh City on March 15. The 12th Ocean Dialogue in HCM City on March 15 (Photo: VNA) The 12th Ocean Dialogue, themed “Enduring Maritime Connectivity ...

Vietnam requests that China respect and comply with the Agreement on the delimitation of the territorial sea, exclusive economic zones and continental shelf between the two countries in the Tonkin Gulf signed in 2000, and the 1982 United Nations Convention ...

The DK1 platform, which are clusters of Vietnamese economic and technical services built on its southern continental shelf, have been standing firm on the wave front for the past 35 years, thanks to the dedicated efforts of officials and soldiers ...

Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have a common approach on matters relating to the East Sea, Secretary-General Dr. Kao Kim Hourn has said in an exclusive interview to Indian news agency ANI on February 14. Members of ...

The UK’s magazine The Banker has run an article highlighting optimistic opinions of experts on Vietnam’s economic outlook in 2024.Vietnam saw gross domestic product growth of 5.1% in 2023, which is forecast to rise 6–6.5% in 2024, making Vietnam one of the ...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held talks with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban in Budapest on January 18 afternoon (local time) as part of his official visit to the European nation from January 18-20. Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh (left) ...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers on December 30 issued a statement on maintaining and promoting stability in the maritime sphere in Southeast Asia. This is the 5th time ASEAN has issued a statement on maritime issues ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his spouse will pay a State visit to Vietnam from January 23-24, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced. German President Frank-Walter Steimeier German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his spouse will pay a State ...

China and the United States exchanged accusations at the weekend over the disputed South China Sea, after China’s military said it had driven away a U.S. warship that the U.S. Navy said was on a routine freedom of navigation operation. ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong agreed Monday to work more closely on security, possibly involving Tokyo’s new defense aid program, as Hanoi grows more concerned about China’s maritime military buildup. Vietnamese President Vo Van ...

The US, Russia, and China stand first among the top 10 militaries in the world, according to Global Firepower’s 2023 military power rankings.  The evaluation is based on a broad range of factors, including quantity and variety of weapons, natural ...