The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership, a new version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership will be signed by 11 member countries Thursday in Chile. The agreement is expected to bring new opportunities for a free trade area stretching from the North ...

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse and a high-level delegation left Hanoi on Sunday for an official visit to New Zealand from March 11 -14 at the invitation of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.   Prime Minister ...

A group of four allied nations – Australia, India, Japan and the United States – intends to maintain open access to the South China Sea for international use, despite China’s growing control. These countries will probably make tough claims to ...

VNA-Vietnam has become one of the top five exporters of aquatic products in the world thanks to the development of the fisheries sector over the past years. Fishing boats of Vietnam (Photo: VNA) With a coastline of over 3,260km, Vietnam’s ...

China’s largest amphibious carrier has its first flight from Zhuhai Airport in Guangdong Province on Dec. 24. This AG600 flew from Zhuhai Airport and had an hour-long flight before returning in the warm welcome of the crowd. The AG600 amphibious ...

An international conference in Ho Chi Minh City in November 2017 has called for comprehensive, lasting, and sustainable solutions and trust building to turn the East Sea into an area of peace, stability, and development. Themed “Cooperation for regional security ...

The operation was the latest attempt to counter what Washington sees as Beijing’s efforts to limit freedom of navigation in the strategic waters. A US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Tuesday, ...

The Award by the Permanent Court of Arbitration: Challenge or Chance for China? Many politicians and political observers were surprised by the recent award of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague regarding the South China Sea (SCS) ...

The world’s second-largest economy has been deploying disruptive technology that could strengthen its territorial ambitions in the South China Sea . Late last month, Beijing dropped a dozen underwater drones, also known as unmanned underwater vehicles, in an unspecified location ...

(Reuters) – A U.S. Navy destroyer carried out a “freedom of navigation operation” on Thursday, coming within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by China in the South China Sea, U.S. officials told Reuters. The operation came ...

Australia, Japan and the U.S. have a clear and loud message for China: The South China Sea isn’t China’s own sea. It’s an international sea. That’s why the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Beijing must establish a set of ...

Session 1: Security situation Just like land security, maritime security includes both traditional security and non-traditional security. Under this framework, the paper focuses on analyzing some of the main contents of non-traditional security that threaten the security of the South ...

The main outline of US’s policy in the Asian region, especially with China and the South China Sea The main lines of US’s policy in the Asian region, especially with China and the South China Sea area of US Presidential ...

– Speaking after the visit to China of Foreign Minister of the Philippines (PLP) Peter Cayetano, Foreign Minister of China (29/6) stressed that two countries have established bilateral mechanisms for consultation on East Sea issues and cooperation mechanisms between the ...

(VOVWORLD) – President Tran Dai Quang arrived in Hanoi on Sunday concluding his official visits to Belarus and Russia from June 26th to July 1st. Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son told reported that President Tran Dai Quang’s visit contributed to ...

(VOVWORLD) -Hamburg Mayor Olaf Scholz vowed to ensure security during the G20 summit. He said about 20,000 police will be deployed on city streets on July 7-8. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime Minister Mark ...

(VOVWORLD) – Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt informed the World Trade Organization on Friday of the legality of their actions after boycotting Qatar, exercising their sovereign rights guaranteed by international law to protect their national security. Foreign ...

25/6/2017 Russia and Vietnam have upgraded their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partner. Vietnam-Russia are developing a joint project on oil and gas in the South China Sea and Moscow also wishes to return to Cam Ranh Bay and sell ...

  24-6-2017 – The East Sea (South China Sea) Oceanographic Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced on June 21 the project of data digitalisation collected from scientific surveys and other surveys in the South China Sea, including ...

24-6-2017 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Cambodian PM Hun Sen NDO – Today, the two peoples of Vietnam and Cambodia solemnly celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations of the two coutries (June 24, 1967 – ...