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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will lead a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam to the expanded summit of the Group of Seven (G7) and pay a working visit to Japan from May 19 to 21. The trip will be made at ...

The Government of Vietnam has recently issued a resolution approving the strategy on sustainable exploitation and use of maritime resources and protection of maritime environment by 2030 with a vision towards 2050. The Government has recently issued a resolution approving the strategy ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 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 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) ...

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 ...

Since becoming a signatory to UNCLOS 1982, Vietnam has remained a responsible member and has made significant efforts to endorse and implement its provisions, according to an article posted on Fulcrum.sg, a website of Singapore. An oil rig of Vietnam ...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should show some urgency regarding China’s latest actions in the South China Sea and hold a virtual meeting with member states to discuss this matter. Amid the spread of the COVID-19 virus in Southeast ...

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 ...

The Finance Ministry said on September 6 that Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded Vietnam’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings to Ba2 from Ba3 and changed the outlook to stable from positive. The ministry said the upgrade to Ba2 reflects the assessment by Moody’s that Vietnam’s economy has ...