On February 12, 2022, the White House issued the US Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS). This is the first report to be issued regarding US strategy in the Indo-Pacific region since President Joe Biden took office last January. Release date This strategy…
Vietnam’s goods exports to the Chinese market fell sharply in January, but imports still increased sharply in the first month of the year, according to statistics of the General Department of Customs quoted by the State newspaper on February 16.…
Human Rights Watch accuses the Vietnamese government of blocking and restricting the movement of activists and dissidents. Those prevented from free movement confirmed this happened publicly over the years. On February 17, 2022, Human Rights Watch (HRW) held a report…
Samsung Electronics has just moved some production lines from Vietnam to its factory in Gumi, Korea. The decision was made after many of its factories, including one in Vietnam, had production interruptions due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Korean media announced…
Environmental hero arrested Vietnam’s state-controlled media recently reported that the Security Investigation Agency of the Hanoi City Police Department has arrested Ms. Nguyen Thi Khanh – Director of the Green Innovation Development Center (GreenID) on charges of tax evasion. Ms.…
On February 17, 1979, China launched a massive attack on the entire northern border of Vietnam. The fierce border war between the two “communist” countries persisted until 1989 in some locations. However, so far, “the third Indochina war,” as some…
Vietnam has just voiced its interest and desire to cooperate with the US, a few days after Washington announced the Indo-Pacific strategy in which Vietnam is mentioned as one of the leading partners in the world with which the US…
For the fifteenth year in a row, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has proposed to put Vietnam on the list of “countries of particular concern” (CPC) on religious freedom. The one-party state has so far maintained…
Japan’s second-biggest refiner, Idemitsu Kosan, has just said it has no plans to provide new financial support to Vietnam’s Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical, which has had to cut output by 80% due to lack of funding, Reuters quoted a…
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has just approved a new Country Program Document for Vietnam for the period 2022-2026 and a $120 million financial support package for the Southeast Asian nation, Vietnam News Agency reported this on February 6,…
