A shared enemy: India and Vietnam strengthen ties in the face of China
Vietnam’s solution to China’s posturing up is to reach out to allies. The stronger diplomatic ties may become the best weapon in Vietnam’s arsenal.
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Killing loneliness: Human traffickers use Vietnamese bride to fill China’s bride shortage
Young Vietnamese women are being trafficked into China to be sold as brides to Chinese men. These innocents are being made to pay for the past failings of Chinese governmental policy.
What happened when Nguyen Xuan Phuc went to the White House?
Nguyen Xuan Phuc will be the first Southeast Asian leader to visit Trump’s White House in a three-day visit beginning May 31. He is there for economics while Trump needs a strategic friend.
How Asian technology can get the jump on Trump
The American President is coming to this November’s APEC summit to talk trade. His Vietnamese hosts, and their Asian partners in innovation, have some additional interests.
How much longer will Vietnam remain a communist country
The Communist Party of Vietnam have helped bring economic prosperity to Vietnam through market reforms and foreign investment. Now those very successes have created the very conditions that could bring about their demise.
Damned by dam construction? Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Mekong river
Dam construction in Laos has an enormous detrimental impact on the Mekong river, and the people who depend on it for their livelihood in Vietnam and Cambodia. Laos is doing little to address the situation. Cambodia and Vietnam suffer from the drastic consequences of dam construction.
How foreign firms are destroying Vietnam’s environment
Foreign firms are committing numerous breaches of environmental regulations but the Vietnamese government is doing very little to bring those responsible to justice. The country needs to find a way of balancing economic growth with environmental preservation.
ASEAN’s new arms race: nations scramble to rearm as concerns over security grow
As national leaders wobble over how to approach shifting tensions and allegiances over the South China Sea the most direct response has been billions of dollars of spending on fighter jets, boats, weapons and submarines.
Who can face up to China? Vietnam cast adrift on the South China Sea
LinkedinTwitterFacebook0Growing tensions threaten ASEAN unity as China is increasing its military capacity while Singapore tries to protect its interests and remain neutral. Editorial As tensions…
Modi’s first visit to Vietnam brings new defence deals that challenge China
LinkedinTwitterFacebook0India’s leader was in Vietnam this week to discuss defence cooperation and agree on a deal that will bring both finance and weaponry into Vietnam’s…