CNA Insider -13 thg 2, 2024

In the span of three months, presidents of both the US and China have visited Hanoi. From the visits, numerous trade and investment deals were signed. Politically and economically, Vietnam stands to gain from closer ties with the US. As President Biden continues to de-risk from China, American businesses are shifting their operations and manufacturing from China to Vietnam. But camaraderie with Washington could jeopardise Hanoi’s relationship with Beijing and Moscow. Why are the superpowers courting Vietnam, and can the Southeast Asian country balance the competing wants of rival titans?

00:00 Introduction 02:45 Significance of Vietnam-US comprehensive strategic partnership 07:10 Vietnam and US-China relations 10:21 Evolution of Vietnam-US relations 18:35 Why does the US want to upgrade Vietnam-US ties? 23:51 State of Vietnam-China relations 30:06 Is China concerned about closer Vietnam-US relations? 32:51 Vietnam-Russia relations and the Russia-Ukraine war 36:40 Vietnam’s neutral stance and its benefits 43:26 What challenges will Vietnam face in balancing relations?

VNN – February 04, 2024 – 15:36

The US lifting the embargo on Việt Nam was considered to mark a new chapter in the diplomatic history of the two countries.

From right: US President Bill Clinton, Chairman of Joint Chiefs John Shalikashvili, and Secretary of Defense Leslie Aspin, Jr at a press conference on dropping the 19-year ban on US trade with Việt Nam on February 3,1994. — AFP/VNA Photo

HÀ NỘI — US Ambassador to Việt Nam Marc Knapper affirmed that the lifting of the trade embargo by US President Bill Clinton 30 years ago paved the way for terrific advances in bilateral trade and economic relations between Việt Nam and the US.

He made the statement on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the US lifting the embargo on Việt Nam (1994-2024). The event was considered to mark a new chapter in the diplomatic history of the two countries.

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baokontum – Chủ Nhật 31/12/2023 09:26 (GMT+7)

Trước thềm năm mới 2024, tại khu vực ngã ba biên giới đánh dấu một cột mốc mới trong quan hệ giữa ba nước Đông Dương thông qua sự kiện Giao lưu hữu nghị Quốc phòng biên giới Việt Nam – Lào – Campuchia lần thứ nhất.

Sợi chỉ đỏ gắn kết tình cảm anh em

Trung úy Ly Sothyrak – bác sĩ Bệnh viện Quân y 179 (Quân đội Hoàng gia Campuchia) kiểm tra lại trang bị, vật chất, thuốc men để sẵn sàng bước vào diễn tập quân y chung giữa quân đội ba nước Việt Nam – Lào – Campuchia. Trước “giờ G”, Trung úy Ly Sothyrak và đồng đội của anh không tránh khỏi những lo lắng, hồi hộp. Trên từng khuôn mặt rám nắng thao trường đã lấm tấm mồ hôi dù tiết trời biên giới cuối năm se lạnh. “Cuộc diễn tập với tình huống giả định là cứu trợ y tế trong thảm họa động đất tại Việt Nam nhưng là một bước tập dượt, sẵn sàng cứu trợ y tế trên phạm vi khu vực và thế giới khi có yêu cầu. Đây là sứ mệnh cao cả của lực lượng quân y ba nước Việt Nam – Lào – Campuchia, chúng tôi rất tự hào, ai cũng quyết tâm hoàn thành xuất sắc nhiệm vụ” – Trung úy Ly Sothyrak chia sẻ.

Bác sĩ quân y Việt Nam và bác sĩ quân y Quân đội Hoàng gia Campuchia chuẩn bị máy móc, trang bị y tế trước khi diễn tập. Ảnh: SƠN TÙNG

Continue reading Cột mốc lịch sử trong quan hệ Việt Nam – Lào – Campuchia →

VNN – November 29, 2023 – 18:05

Việt Nam was one of the first countries in the world that recognised the State of Palestine and lifted relations between the two countries to the ambassador level.

The meeting held in Hà Nội on Wednesday to celebrate 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Việt Nam and Palestine (1988 -2023) and the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. — Photo from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Newspaper

HÀ NỘI — The Vietnamese Committee for Solidarity with the Palestinian People (VCSPP), in coordination with the Palestinian Embassy in Việt Nam and the Việt Nam-Palestine Friendship Association in Hà Nội on Wednesday to mark the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Việt Nam and Palestine (1988 -2023) and the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

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NDO – Quan hệ giữa Tòa thánh Vatican, Giáo hội Công giáo Việt Nam với chính quyền các cấp hiện nay diễn ra trên tinh thần hiểu biết, đối thoại và tôn trọng lẫn nhau.

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CHỦ ĐỀ: TẠO BỨT PHÁ TRONG QUAN HỆ GIỮA VIỆT NAM VÀ CÁC ĐỐI TÁC CHÂU ÂU

Quan hệ Việt Nam – Italia tiếp tục phát triển tốt đẹp, nồng ấm

Chuyến thăm chính thức Cộng hòa Áo, thăm cấp Nhà nước tới Cộng hòa Italia và Tòa thánh Vatican của Chủ tịch nước đã đạt được những kết quả hết sức tốt đẹp

Chủ tịch nước Võ Văn Thưởng thăm Tòa thánh Vatican, hội kiến Giáo hoàng Francis, gặp và trao đổi với Thủ tướng Tòa thánh, Hồng y Pietro Parolin

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 Khmer Times – June 8, 2023 – Soth Koemsoeun

Prime Minister Hun Sen asked the Vietnamese government to watch out for former opposition leader Sam Rainsy entering Vietnam using his French passport.

“I would like to emphasise to the Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyen Huy Tang, to send a message to the Vietnamese government to be wary of a person (Rainsy) who uses a French passport to enter Vietnam as a tourist,” Mr Hun Sen said.

“I received information from one of my spies that (Rainsy) is trying to enter Cambodia through neighbouring countries to cause problems for me,” he said.

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By Carlyle A. Thayer , Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Vietnam last weekend, he took an important symbolic step in a long history of consolidating bilateral relations. Carlyle A. Thayer reviews a remarkable transformation that in five decades turned Vietnam from enemy to valued friend and partner.

In February 1973, the Whitlam Labor Government extended diplomatic recognition to the communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV, North Vietnam), a recent adversary in the Vietnam War. Fifty years later, Australia and the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) are poised to become comprehensive strategic partners, a status Vietnam has only accorded to four countries – Russia, India, China, and South Korea. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese recently declared that Vietnam will become one of Australia’s top-tier partners.

Continue reading The 50-year Transformation of Australia-Vietnam Relations →

Tuesday, June 06, 2023, 15:02 GMT+7 tuoitre

Vietnam always attaches significance to developing its comprehensive cooperation with the U.S., one of its most important partners in the world, State President Vo Van Thuong told Ambassador Marc Knapper.  

President Thuong was speaking at his meeting with the ambassador at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on Monday, during which he also brought forward some suggestions for further promoting the Vietnam – U.S. comprehensive partnership that was set up in 2013, the Vietnam News Agency reported. 

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DV – tháng 5/2023

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MARCH 29, 2023 White House

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President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke today with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong of Vietnam. President Biden reinforced the United States’ commitment to a strong, prosperous, resilient, and independent Vietnam, noting that 2023 is the 10^thanniversary of the U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Partnership.  The two leaders discussed the importance of strengthening and expanding the bilateral relationship, while working together to address regional challenges such as climate change, ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific, and the deteriorating environmental and security situation along the Mekong.  President Biden also emphasized the United States’ commitment to ASEAN centrality, respect for human rights, and cooperating with Vietnam on its ambitious climate goals.

THUY DUNG – MARCH 18, 2023 3:58 PM GMT+7

VGP – The southern province of Dong Nai on March 16 received the first cargo train running from China’s Shandong Province.

Addressing the ceremony at Trang Bom station, China’s consul general in Ho Chi Minh City Wei Huaxiang said that the launch of cargo trains connecting the two localities is expected to bring about trade and investment opportunities between Viet Nam and China.

It is expected that by 2025 when Long Thanh international airport, the largest of its kind in Viet Nam, is scheduled to be put into operation, Dong Nai will have all five modes of transportation by road, air, rail, inland waterway and international maritime, helping to promote strong economic development in the locality.

Data from the General Department of Customs showed in 2022, China was Viet Nam’s largest trading partner with a total two-way trade turnover of US$175.57 billion. Of the figure, Viet Nam’s exports and imports from China hit US$57.7 billion and US$117.87 billion, respectively.

In the first two months of 2023, China was the biggest exporter of goods to Viet Nam with US$14.6 billion.

Asiatimes – Hanoi is now openly diversifying its weaponry purchases away from Moscow, an emerging break driven by the war in Ukraine

By RICHARD JAVAD HEYDARIANDECEMBER 17, 2022

When Vietnam hosted this month its first-ever International Defense Expo at a military airstrip in Hanoi, the event signaled a quiet but evolving shift in the communist nation’s defense policy.

Continue reading Russia, Vietnam slowly but surely parting strategic ways →