The COVID-19 pandemic that broke out in early 2020 will be in the world’s history not only as an epidemiological crisis leading to the global economic recession but it will also blow up US-China diplomatic tensions which have already deteriorated…
While Cambodian media reported that the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just sent a diplomatic note to the Vietnamese Embassy to request the removal of border guards camps built in the disputed border areas between the two countries, in…
Vietnam is said to be preparing a case in an international arbitration court against China’s unjustified claim in the East Sea (South China Sea- SCS). The time is now considered to ripen for a historic Vietnamese lawsuit as China increasingly…
The emergence of US strategic warships, destroyers, and bombers in the East Sea (South China Sea) in recent weeks has shown the strong commitment of the US regarding security in the Asia Pacific, making China angry. Hoang Ngoc Giao, director…
The latest research by the leading US cybersecurity firm said that the alleged China-backed hackers could be behind a campaign to collect data from Vietnamese government officials amid increasing tensions between the two countries in the disputed East Sea (South…
In a remarkable move, on April 28, 2020, the US Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr. Daniel Kritenbrink publicly told the Vietnamese media that the US strongly objected and condemned China’s “illegal and provocative” acts in the East Sea (South China Sea)…
In the face of illegal sovereignty claims and aggressive Chinese actions in the East Sea (South China Sea), public opinion in Vietnam has repeatedly raised the issue of Vietnam’s challenging China in international courts. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)…
Vietnam has sent a note to the United Nations to oppose China’s sovereignty claims in the East Sea (South China Sea). According to observers, this move could be a prelude to a legal process in the near future if Hanoi…
The US was “deeply concerned” about reports of China’s sinking a Vietnamese fishing vessel near the Paracel Islands (the Hoang Sa) in the South China Sea (East Sea), US State Department spokesman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement on April…
Recent China’s drastic moves in the East Sea (South China Sea) at a time when the whole world is focusing on the fight against Covid-19 pandemic are adversely affecting the strategic relationship that still has “very little faith” between Vietnam…
