In response to China’s illegal positioning of its Haiyang Shiyou-981 drilling rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone, the Liaison Association for Overseas Vietnamese has issued a statement, unyieldingly protesting China’s behaviour.
The Court of Appeals under the Supreme People’s Court on May 23 reduced the sentence of Duong Tu Trong, former Deputy Director of the northern port city of Haiphong's Police Department, from 18 to 16 years in prison.
Using oil prospecting as a pretext, China is adding fuel to the fire of tension in the East Sea, Ass. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Chu Hoi, senior lecturer at the Hanoi National University, has said.
Businesses in the southern province of Tay Ninh have earned nearly VND1 billion (US$47,000) from their daily export of 10,000 chickens to Cambodia through auxiliary border checkpoints.
More than 10,700 traffic accidents have occurred nationwide so far this year, killing 3,928 people and injuring 10,556 others.
Despite difficulties and challenges, if international law, practices and regional commitments are fully respected and responsibilities shared, then there is a bright future for Asia.
President Truong Tan Sang has highly valued Japanese investment in Vietnam and asked a Japanese businessperson to call on his fellows to make fact-finding tours of seafood processing facilities in the central provinces of Binh Dinh and Phu Yen.
A Vietnamese official has delivered an impassioned speech at the ongoing 67th Assembly of the World Health Organisation (WHO), calling on the organisation and United Nations agencies to intensify their response to climate change.
Lieutenant General Nguyen Quoc Khanh, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, received a delegation of the Venezuelan Institute of Higher Studies for National Defence in Hanoi on May 22.
A Vietnam Business Insights forum was held by Singaporean broadcaster Chanel NewsAsia in Ho Chi Minh City on May 22 to redefine sustainable business growth for the country.