Vietnam china south china sea dispute

Recently, China also announced a vegetable farming project on Woody (Phu Lam) Island of the Paracels to strengthen its illegal sovereignty claim. China had sent two diplomatic notes to the United Nations to make the infamous Four Sha claim, which covers a broader range than the notorious, illegal nine-dash line. … [Read more...] about South China Sea developments an ASEAN concern

Previously, on June 2, Pompeo had also tweeted a diplomatic note sent by U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft to the U.N. in response to the one sent by the Permanent Mission of China to the U.N. on December 12. China was responding to Malaysia’s submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. … [Read more...] about South China Sea not China’s ‘maritime empire’: US

Part of his letter, which was read at the ceremony at Van Thanh Tung Elementary School, stated, “This is a gift to affirm hope and wishes toward peace, also one for the jovial and innocent smiles of the students who witness the traumatic memories.” … [Read more...] about Koreans help build playgrounds on war-torn land in Vietnam

Not only that, but given how little I was told by my friend compared to the conversation that I heard, all of those people probably learned more about me than I did between the first conversation, an ultrasound, and the second conversation after the results were reviewed. … [Read more...] about Seeing a doctor in Vietnam isn’t a matter of price; it’s a matter of pride

Washington (VNA) - Vietnam-US relations have reached a level in both scope and scale that no one could have imagined 25 years ago, Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc said in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties (July 12). Twenty-five years is not an overly-long time but bilateral ties have nonetheless produced impressive achievements, the ambassador said, with remarkable progress seen not only in politics and diplomacy but also in such areas as economics, trade, investment, security, defence, education, culture, people-to-people exchanges, and science and technology. Partnerships in economics, trade, and investment have become a primary driver of the development of bilateral relations over the last 25 years, he said, adding two-way trade rose more than 170 times, from 450 million USD in 1995 to 77.6 billion USD last year. The US is now Vietnam’s largest importer while Vietnam remains the … [Read more...] about Vietnam-US relations at level no one could imagine 25 years ago: Ambassador