Tag: vietnam
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Island Woes for Arsenal FC
The ‘cat that made it to Manchester on the back of a van’ story this week regards Arsenal FC’s latest woes; it appears that the world famous football club has […]
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Japan & Vietnam Agree Security Ties
Japan and Vietnam, both involved in territorial rows with China, agree to strengthen security ties on the first leg of Abe’s tour of Southeast Asia. Japan, Vietnam agree to deepen […]
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Vietnam, France defense cooperation
Maritime security was one of the areas suggested for enhanced cooperation at the third session of the Vietnam-France Joint Committee on Defence Cooperation in Hanoi. Vietnam, France hold 3rd […]
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PH, Vietnam to hold bilateral cooperation meeting
MANILA, Philippines – Officials from the Philippines and Vietnam met on Friday and talked about preparations for the 7th Joint Commission Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) to be held next year, which […]
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Vietnam breaks up anti-China protests
Rare protests have taken place in Vietnam over maritime territorial disputes with neighbouring China. The protests in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi were quickly dispersed by police. Tensions are […]
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Oil Exploration in Disputed Waters
Tensions show no sign of easing in an incident between two Chinese fishing vessels and a Vietnamese ship over oil exploration. Accounts of events differ. China tells Vietnam to halt […]
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Burmese sailors set adrift in lifeboat
Marine rescuers in southern Vietnam on Thursday rescued five Burmese and four Indonesian sailors who had been attacked four days earlier by Indonesian pirates and left to drift at sea […]
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Map in new Chinese e-passport riles Vietnam, Philippines
Beijing: China waded into a new controversy over its maritime claims as Vietnam and the Philippines protested the printing of Chinese map on the new e-passport showing the disputed islands […]
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Obama urges easing of Asian tensions
Barack Obama, the US president, has called on China, Japan and other Asian nations to show restraint as a series of simmering maritime disputes threatens to upset peace and stability […]
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China’s Military Moment
Beguiled by undersea oil and gas deposits and the weakness of fellow claimants to the Paracel Islands, China launched a naval offensive to seize the disputed archipelago. China’s Military Moment […]
