Associate Professor, Ph.D. Dinh Cong Tuan- European Research Institute 1. China’s current global, Asia-Pacific strategy Nearly 100 years since the founding of the Communist Party of China (1921) and more than 70 years since the founding of the People’s Republic…
Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Plant (NSRP) had to cut production capacity to 80%, reduce at least 20% of its capacity because of financial difficulties, S&P Global Platts reported on January 25, citing confirmation from an unnamed official at NSRP.…
Vu Quoc Ngu Director of Defend the Defenders January 25, 2022 Vietnam’s authoritarian regime continues its repression against local activists and bloggers as the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam is willing to ensure its absolute leadership amid growing social dissatisfaction…
The World Bank (World Bank) and the European Union (EU) have just said they will continue to support Vietnam’s transition to green and sustainable energy. The commitment was made during the 4th Summit of the Vietnam Energy Partnership Group (VEPG)…
Civil society activist Dang Dinh Bach, who was arrested together with journalist Mai Phan Loi in July last year for “tax evasion” at the trial in Hanoi on January 24. Mr. Bach was sentenced to 5 years in prison. A…
More than four months after the first container train from Hanoi arrived in Liège, southern Belgium, the Vietnamese rail transport industry is pleased with the potential of developing a new transport axis, parallel to the sea. Vietnam has “enjoyed” the…
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…
