The international financial institution said that among the main export items, furniture and footwear were hardest hit (down 38% and 26% respectively year-on-year), followed by computers and electronic products (down 11.9%), textiles (down 9%). However, according to the World Bank,…
After nearly a month of implementing a high level of social distancing, starting today, September 16, 2021, the authorities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have begun to gradually relax several related epidemic prevention and control measures related to…
Nguyen Xuan Phuc will travel to the US to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting next week for the first time as Vietnam’s president. A VOA source said Phuc is expected to attend the 76th session of the United…
ASEAN in the US-China competition The Chinese foreign minister’s trip to Southeast Asian countries and South Korea comes as both Beijing and Washington are wooing important partners in the Asia-Pacific. The Southeast Asian doctrine of President Joe Biden’s administration acknowledges…
Although net profit in the second quarter was up to 233 billion rubles ($3.1 billion), Russia’s Rosneft group has still decided to completely withdraw from projects with Vietnam in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea), which…
China and Vietnam should refrain from unilateral actions related to the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea) that could complicate the situation and exaggerate disputes, China’s foreign ministry said, citing senior diplomat Wang Yi as saying with…
Concern about supply chain disruption and unsecured social security are the reason why the Research Group of the National Economics University has just issued a series of urgent recommendations. Supply chain disruption in many industries and fields No longer a…
A blockade point in the “green zone” area in Kim Lien ward of Hanoi. The Vietnamese capital has been called an “open-air prison” by international media, while the Southeast Asian country is ranked lowest in the world in terms of…
A rare recent discovery at the UK National Archives may provide yet another piece of evidence that casts doubt on China’s claim of historic rights to Paracels (Vietnam calls it the Hoang Sa)- an area currently under disputes in the…
As soon as China announced official implementation of the Law on Maritime Traffic Safety in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea) which took effect from September 1, the US Department of Defense on the same day…
