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Vietnam did not invade, but revived Cambodia: Hun Sen 

January 9, 2012
Vietnam did not invade, but revived Cambodia: Hun Sen 

  Genocidal Khmer Rouge regime was backed by the US in ‘shameful foreign policy episode’ The skulls of Khmer Rouge victims are displayed in a memorial to the genocide at the Killing Fields Museum outside of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Vietnam had saved his country in the 1970s, not invaded [...]

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Vietnam's ties with other nations never directed against third country: deputy defence minister 

November 4, 2011
Vietnam's ties with other nations never directed against third country: deputy defence minister 

Vietnam's deputy defense minister Nguyen Chi Vinh It is a basic principle of Vietnamese policy to not let its relationship with any country affect the interests of a third country, deputy defense minister Nguyen Chi Vinh said in an interview published in the Tuoi Tre newspaper Friday. Vinh made the statement in response to a question [...]

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Vietnam, China pledge no use of force in East Sea 

September 22, 2011
Vietnam, China pledge no use of force in East Sea 

Vietnamese and Chinese military officials meet in Beijing Thursday Vietnam and China once again agreed to solve the East Sea disputes with peaceful measures at the latest meeting between the two countries’ military officials in Beijing, Vietnam News Agency reported Friday. The two countries need to stay calm and be patient in the negotiations to [...]

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Afghan bomb kills five NATO troops 

August 11, 2011
Afghan bomb kills five NATO troops 

File photo shows troops serving in the International Security Assistance Force on a dawn patrol in Afghanistan. Five NATO soldiers were killed by a bomb in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, as the Taliban rejected a US claim to have killed the fighters who shot down an American helicopter killing 38 troops. The soldiers’ nationalities and [...]

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Fishermen pick up East Sea gauntlet 

July 2, 2011
Fishermen pick up East Sea gauntlet 

  International experts urge action to back rhetoric as China and Vietnam pledge to solve East Sea disputes peacefully Sixty-two-year old Nguyen Van Ai of the central Binh Dinh Province prepares for an offshore fishing trip. Ai owns four large fishing boats and together with six sons, two sons-in-law and 75 other fishermen, head out [...]

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Vietnam metro eyes new tourism cops 

June 26, 2011
Vietnam metro eyes new tourism cops 

Foreign tourists in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. An industry official said that though the city's 200-member voluntary youth force already patrols the streets to protect tourists, the city must create a professional force to better cater to visitors. Acknowledging a rise in aggressive vendors and bag snatchers, Ho Chi Minh City administrators have asked the municipal [...]

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Vietnam, US in joint peace call in South China Sea 

June 22, 2011
Vietnam, US in joint peace call in South China Sea 

  Vietnam and the United States have jointly called for freedom of navigation and rejected the use of force in the East Sea, amid simmering tensions between Beijing and its neighbors. After talks in Washington, the two countries said that "the maintenance of peace, stability, safety and freedom of navigation in the South China Sea [...]

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Maritime experts cry foul on China 

June 4, 2011
Maritime experts cry foul on China 

  International experts condemn China for disrupting Vietnam’s legal marine activities and urged the country to be better prepared for the next encounter Fishermen unloading tunas in the central province of Binh Thuan. On Sunday, Vietnam condemned China for increasing regional tensions and said it would do everything necessary to protect its territorial integrity after [...]

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East Sea issue in the spotlight 

May 31, 2011
East Sea issue in the spotlight 

This photo shows a part of the Truong Sa (Spratly) District in Truong Sa archipelago. On March 23, 2011, Xinhua, the official news agency of China, published an article titled "The Nanhai sea dispute from the perspective of the international law of the sea" by scholars He Jian and Wang Ao from the Xiang Tan [...]

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Card sharks stalk tourists 

May 24, 2011
Card sharks stalk tourists 

   (L-R) Four Filipinos, Estreuta M. Debelem, Aserdin Cadion Eduardo, Pineda Sevilla Regina, and Elizag Jovito Corpuz, were arrested in Ho Chi Minh City on May 3, 2010 in a gambling con investigation. They were released and not charged with the crime. Last May, Ho Chi Minh City police arrested four Filipino nationals as they [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...