Political, Social, Environmental, and Popular News on Vietnam
Saturday, May 22, 2010
May 22, 2010Saturday, August 28, 2010
AUGUST 24, 2010, BY JOHN LEE Forget the South China Sea. If America really cares about strengthening its presence in Asia, it’ll focus on the Mekong River instead. In recent weeks, the United States has taken some assertive steps in the South China Sea — and Beijing is watching anxiously. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [...]
Saturday, May 22, 2010
05/20/2010 China’s aggressive actions on the high seas, its rapidly expanding navy and its new global strategy suggest Beijing’s motivations are as much about geopolitical power as economics. That’s why the U.S. either accommodates its soon-to-be naval “peer competitor” or face the risk of military conflicts with the emerging superpower. Japan’s foreign minister expressed concern [...]
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
12 tháng 5, 2010 Hai công ty Trung Quốc vừa giành gói thầu cuối cùng trị giá 32 triệu đôla trong dự án xây dựng nhà máy nhiệt điện Vũng Áng 1 thuộc loại lớn nhất Việt Nam. Tổ hợp nhà thầu GEDI và AE&E vừa ký hợp đồng với Tổng công ty Lắp máy [...]
Friday, May 7, 2010
May 07, 2010 Japan lodges a formal protest with China because one of ships threateningly approached a Japanese vessel. Vietnam complains about a unilateral fishing ban imposed by China in a disputed area also claimed by Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei and Taiwan. Beijing – The South East China and East China Seas continue to be [...]
Friday, April 30, 2010
30 Apr 2010 About the author Sophie Quinn-Judge is associate director of the Center for Vietnamese Philosophy, Culture and Society, Temple University, Philadelphia. A rumble of popular discontent in Vietnam over territorial and environmental issues signals a new phase in the old relationship between Hanoi and Beijing, says Sophie Quinn-Judge. In 2009, Vietnam’s relationship with [...]
Friday, April 23, 2010
Apr 24, 2010 Fifteen years after normalizing diplomatic relations, military cooperation between the United States and Vietnam is evolving bit by bit. Both sides would like to counter China’s military buildup and historic desire to dominate the region – including the strategic South China Sea where a quarter of the world’s trade transits and where [...]
Thursday, April 8, 2010
April 7, 2010 Hong Kong, China (CNN) — Dams have dried up in southwest China, Thai fishermen have almost completely stopped their fishery activities on the Mekong River, and nearly half of northern Vietnam’s farmland is under threat because of a regional drought. The region is facing water shortages and low water levels along the [...]
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
6 April 2010 Vietnam has rejected accusations made by Google and McAfee that malicious software had been used to spy on tens of thousands of Vietnamese web users. The companies said the software had been used to target anti-government blogs and websites. McAfee said the perpetrators of the attacks “may have some allegiance” to the [...]
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
March 30, 2010 In January, we discussed a set of highly sophisticated cyber attacks that originated in China and targeted many corporations around the world. We believe that malware is a general threat to the Internet, but it is especially harmful when it is used to suppress opinions of dissent. In that case, the attacks [...]
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
March 24, 2010 A top Google executive on Wednesday called for new rules to put pressure on governments that filter the Internet, saying the practice was hindering international trade. Alan Davidson, director of United States public policy for Google, told a joint Congressional panel that the United States should consider witholding development aid for countries [...]
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Feb. 5, 2010 HANOI — Liberation fighters and former Communist Party officials in Vietnam have bitterly denounced what they say is a corrupt system whose leaders are sullying the country’s hard-won independence. Vietnam’s most powerful political figure, Communist Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, marked the ruling party’s 80th anniversary Tuesday by saying it will [...]
Friday, February 5, 2010
2010-02-02 Chinese sellers tout drugs as aids for sexual assault. HONG KONG—Vendors in China say they routinely ship out sedatives believed to be associated with “date rape” in the West, with some openly claiming that the drugs can aid would-be rapists. “I have three kinds of drug here—[for] sedation, an unconscious dream state, and date [...]
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
November 18, 2009 China has violated Vietnam’s territory in setting up local administrations on two islands on the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago, Foreign Affairs Ministry spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga said on Monday. Vietnam has all historical evidence and legal grounds to confirm its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes, Nga said. [...]
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Thứ tư, 21/10/2009 Việt Nam đã trao công hàm cho đại sứ Trung Quốc phản đối việc nhân viên vũ trang nước này có những hành động vô nhân đạo đối với ngư dân Việt Nam, người phát ngôn Bộ Ngoại giao Việt Nam Nguyễn Phương Nga cho biết. “Chiều 21/10, Bộ Ngoại giao Việt [...]
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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