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Open to question 

December 12, 2011
Open to question 

  A panoramic view of Quang Ninh Province’s Ha Long Bay. Experts have called for improved services and preservation work as the UNESCO World Heritage Site gains further recognition as a natural wonder. A hike in admission fees for the Ha Long Bay, Vietnam’s foremost tourism site, has drawn a lot of flak, particularly over [...]

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PM Dung: Vietnam will stake claim to East Sea islands peacefully 

December 5, 2011
PM Dung: Vietnam will stake claim to East Sea islands peacefully 

   Mai Phung Luu, a fisherman in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Ngai who said he has been to every nook and cranny of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago, asserts that he will continue heading to the Hoang Sa seas without fearing anything. International experts have encouraged Vietnam to take further actions to reaffirm [...]

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PM affirms Vietnam's sovereignth over Paracel 

November 28, 2011
PM affirms Vietnam's sovereignth over Paracel 

Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung talks at the National Assembly meeting Friday. Vietnam holds sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands and will assert sovereignty through peaceful measures, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told the National Assembly Friday. According to Dung, the country has owned Hoang Sa and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos at least [...]

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Vietnamese scholar discusses East Sea disputes on Chinese television 

July 5, 2011
Vietnamese scholar discusses East Sea disputes on Chinese television 

Vietnam-China relations expert discusses East Sea disputes on Hong Kong based television. PhD Vu Cao Phan, a researcher on Vietnam-China relations and deputy chairman of Vietnam-China Friendship Society, last week had an interview with Phoenix Television, a Hong Kong-based Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese television broadcaster. Phan spoke on behalf of the Institute of Chinese Studies [...]

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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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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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Within spitting distance, Nha Trang offers a special gift 

April 24, 2011
Within spitting distance, Nha Trang offers a special gift 

A small base built by bird-nest harvesters on Hon Ngoai Island in Nha Trang. In the last two years, Nha Trang Bay in Khanh Hoa Province has been making waves for something other than its beaches, diving and seafood. Enamored of its health benefits and curious about its origins, tourists have been flocking to the [...]

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Vietnam opposes China’s military exercise on archipelago 

March 13, 2011

  Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs met with Chinese embassy staff on Thursday to protest the nation’s latest military exercise around the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands, according to the ministry.   The exercise violate Vietnam’s sovereignty over the islands as well as the terms of the Conduct of Parties in the South China [...]

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China asked to remove line on maps from Vietnam’s territory 

January 30, 2011

  Vietnam has again asked China to revise online maps that portray the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa Islands as part of Chinese territory. The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry made the request on Wednesday afternoon, after arguing that the line encroaches into Vietnamese waters. The request was inspired by the recent publication of official Chinese maps. [...]

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Ha Long Bay, Con Dao Islands among best tourist destinations 

December 12, 2010
Ha Long Bay, Con Dao Islands among best tourist destinations 

Ha Long Bay of Vietnam has been listed among the world’s ten most outstanding tourist destinations by Lonely Planet Magazine. Two of Vietnam’s coastal destinations have been listed among the world’s ten most outstanding tourist destinations by Lonely Planet Magazine, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT). Ha Long Bay, in the northern [...]

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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...