The Cyber Command of the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam has just had a new commander. The person in charge of this position is Colonel Le Dung, Deputy Commander cum Chief of Staff of the Information and Communications Service.…
Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just voiced their rejection of information that they consider “false” from China about Vietnam’s construction of an armed maritime militia with the risk of causing conflict, according to the state-controlled media. The China Daily…
German warship visits Vietnam On January 6, the German frigate Bayern docked in Ho Chi Minh City to make a four-day visit to Vietnam. This is the first time a German warship has called at a Vietnamese port since the…
A recent video shows Chinese soldiers hurling stones and cursing at unarmed Vietnamese construction workers in Ha Giang province, which borders China. The event took place in the context of Vietnam’s agricultural exports being stagnated when thousands of trucks carrying…
January 20, 2022 marks a year when US President Joe Biden took office. This is an opportunity to summarize a year of US-Vietnam relations under this Democratic president. In general, over the past year, the relationship between Hanoi and Washington…
The year 2021 ends with not very positive figures for the Vietnamese economy: GDP growth rate of 2.58% is the lowest in the past 30 years, the number of unemployed people increases, the average salary of workers decreases. For Vietnamese…
The United Nations Special Rapporteur has asked the Vietnamese government to respond to alleged “arbitrary” arrests and detentions of a range of human rights activists and defenders. In a letter sent to the Vietnamese government from last November, the group…
According to a report by the Department of Overseas Labor under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, in 2021, the country sent more than 45,000 workers abroad, equaling 57.3% compared to the previous year. The number met 50%…
The regulation that “land belongs to the entire people, and the State is the representative owner” and the State’s unequal treatment of people and businesses are among the causes leading to conflicts related to land use rights in Vietnam for…
The Road Administration Department 3 under the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam is completing the procedures for the forced dismantling of five gate works in Kon Tum city worth VND8 billion ($348,000). The reason is said that these welcome gates…
