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Vietnamese president wraps up successful Philippines visit 

November 2, 2011
Vietnamese president wraps up successful Philippines visit 

Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (L) is welcomed by his Philippin counterpart Benigno Aquino when he arrives Manila on October 26. Vietnam’s president wrapped up his three day visit to the Philippines on October 28 with several agreements inked and promising more cooperation in economy, defense and marine research. President Truong Tan Sang visited the Philippines [...]

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Vietnam, Philippines to boost East Sea cooperation 

November 1, 2011
Vietnam, Philippines to boost East Sea cooperation 

Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (L) and Philippine President Benigno Aquino agreed to boost maritime cooperation in the East Sea. Vietnam and the Philippines have agreed to boost maritime cooperation for the purposes of maintaining peace, security and free navigation of the East Sea. During his three-day state visit to the Philippines beginning Wednesday (October [...]

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Vietnam, China agree on ground rules to resolve sea issues 

October 14, 2011
Vietnam, China agree on ground rules to resolve sea issues 

Vietnam Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (R) and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao in Beijing Tuesday. Vietnam and China Tuesday signed an agreement setting out a basic legal framework for negotiating and solving sea disputes between the two countries, Vietnam News Agency reported. The two countries also signed cooperation agreements in five other areas [...]

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Be Indian, travel Indian 

September 18, 2011
Be Indian, travel Indian 

  Visa hassles makes globetrotter out of humiliated ‘third world’ citizen Kashi Samaddar recently received a Guinness World Record as the first person to visit the then 194 sovereign countries In 1893, Mahatma Gandhi encountered an act of racism in South Africa that galvanized his campaign against discrimination and shaped his response of non-violent resistance. [...]

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Special ties between Switzerland and Vietnam 

September 3, 2011
Special ties between Switzerland and Vietnam 

General Vo Nguyen Giap (C, sitting) in 1986 in Zurich with representatives from Swiss non-governmental organizations. In autumn 1986, General Vo Nguyen Giap visited Switzerland, following an invitation by the City President (the mayor) of Zurich. During his official visit, activists of the Vietnam movement and friends of Vietnam were given the opportunity to meet [...]

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Vietnam upgrades navy to protect sovereignty: deputy minister 

August 13, 2011
Vietnam upgrades navy to protect sovereignty: deputy minister 

Vietnam People's Navy Commander Nguyen Van Hien. The Vietnamese navy is upgrading its capacity with more advanced equipment and devices with peaceful intentions in protecting the country’s sovereignty, Commander Nguyen Van Hien, also deputy minister of the Ministry of Defense, told Thanh Nien.    How do you assess the Vietnam People’s Navy’s current determination and [...]

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Experts doubt new agreement will ease East Sea tension 

July 23, 2011
Experts doubt new agreement will ease East Sea tension 

  As China and ASEAN inch closer to a goodwill declaration on the East Sea, experts doubt that it will ease tensions Vietnamese fishermen in the East Sea. Experts have called a recent agreement to implement a regional declaration of goodwill a step toward resolving growing tensions in the East Sea. Experts have called a [...]

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Vietnam, China pledge to maintain peace in East Sea 

July 2, 2011
Vietnam, China pledge to maintain peace in East Sea 

Da Lon Island, Truong Sa Archipelago, Vietnam Officials of Vietnam and China have agreed to peacefully solve the two countries’ disputes through negotiation to maintain peace in the East Sea, according to a joint statement. The statement, published on Vietnam News Agency website Sunday, said Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ho Xuan Son met [...]

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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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Vietnam welcomes int'l moves for East Sea peace 

June 18, 2011
Vietnam welcomes int'l moves for East Sea peace 

Vietnamese fishing ships in the central province of Quang Ngai. Vietnam said maintaining peace in the East Sea is in the common interest of nations both inside and outside the region Vietnam welcomes international efforts to maintain peace and stability in the East Sea, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga said last week “Maintaining peace, [...]

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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...