The dilemma is because, “ahead is mountains, back is river.” Pursuing immediate benefits – in order to get “guarantee” from authoritarian regimes such as China and Russia to ensure its totalitarian dictatorship – the Communists of Vietnam (CPV) has to…
Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe and his Vietnamese counterpart Phan Van Giang pledged to increase defense ties between the two countries for the sake of stability in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea) and land border.…
On the afternoon of April 21, the representative of Vietnam’s Government Committee for Religious Affairs had a meeting and worked with the Vatican delegation in Hanoi. News on the homepage of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs said that the…
Court brought citizen journalist Le Trong Hung to an appeal hearing, his family did not know. The Higher People’s Court in Hanoi has just brought a journalist and independent National Assembly candidate for an appellate hearing without notifying his family…
How does Vietnam build alliances with like-minded partners “with the same vision”? Such an alliance full of contradictions, not only breaks the principles of integration diplomacy but also deeply divides the relationship between the Vietnamese government and the local people.…
While fighting is raging in Ukraine, Russia and Vietnam are planning a military exercise, according to information from Russia’s state-controlled media on April 18. Analysts say this is an inappropriate step and could cause “eyebrows” in the region. The news…
A court in Vietnam on April 18 convicted and sentenced 12 people to prison sentences of 3-13 years for “activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” for participating in a California-based organization named “Provisional National Government of Vietnam.” 12 individuals…
On April 14, Vietnam’s Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung was detained and probed for allegedly “taking bribes” to approve permits for companies to conduct so-called “citizen rescue” flights during the COVID-19 pandemic. The electronic information portal of the Ministry…
The Vietnamese army is conducting a live-fire exercise in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh, and according to experts, this move is in response to China’s aggressive behaviors. On April 8, news of a live-fire drill by the Vietnamese…
Whether Vietnam was forced or volunteered, the consequences of all three votes by Vietnam’s representative at the UN General Assembly were incalculable. One of the dangerous consequences for Vietnam is the change of the strategic chessboard in the South China…
