Posts Tagged ‘ The East Sea ’

PetroVietnam says oil activities normal in East Sea  

January 17, 2012
PetroVietnam says oil activities normal in East Sea  

  The state-owned Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) said despite "complications" last year, it was business as usual for it in the East Sea. Phung Dinh Thuc, the chief executive of PetroVietnam, which explores and drills oil in the sea, said at a press conference Monday that thanks to assistance from the ministries of public security, defense, [...]

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Vietnam party leader puts national interests first in diplomacy 

December 14, 2011
Vietnam party leader puts national interests first in diplomacy 

  Vietnam’s Party Secretary made national interests a top priority at a diplomatic conference that began in Hanoi on Monday. Nguyen Phu Trong said at Vietnam’s 27th diplomatic conference that national interests will always have the top position in the country’s diplomatic policies. Trong said diplomatic agencies need to follow independent, cooperative and peaceful policies, [...]

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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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East Asia urged to abide by ASEAN principles 

November 21, 2011
East Asia urged to abide by ASEAN principles 

  Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) directs Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (C) and his wife Tran Thanh Kiem (L) to the opening ceremony of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, November 17. Just days before US President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrive [...]

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Vietnam to spend $138 mln on East Sea 

November 16, 2011
Vietnam to spend $138 mln on East Sea 

  Vietnam’s parliament on Monday approved a resolution to the 2012 state budget to spend VND2.9 trillion (US$138 million) on activities to develop the marine economy and to ensure national defense and security on the East Sea. Among other things, funding will be spent on providing equipment for Vietnamese fishermen and to ensure safety for the fishermen [...]

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Vietnam, China agree to solve sea issue with peaceful talks 

November 15, 2011
Vietnam, China agree to solve sea issue with peaceful talks 

President Truong Tan Sang (L) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Nov 12, 2011. Vietnamese and Chinese leaders agreed at a meeting on Saturday that the East Sea territorial disputes will be solved through peaceful talks. Vietnam’s President Truong Tan Sang and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao met in Honolulu, Hawaii, [...]

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Vietnam president hails US as strategic partner 

November 13, 2011
Vietnam president hails US as strategic partner 

President Truong Tan Sang (L) meets with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Hawaii on Nov. 10, 2011. Vietnam always attaches importance to relations with the United States as a leading strategic partner, President Truong Tan Sang said Thursday during his meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Honolulu, Hawaii. Sang is in Honolulu [...]

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More agreements needed to avert East Sea’s conflicts: experts 

November 11, 2011
More agreements needed to avert East Sea’s conflicts: experts 

  More agreements between related parities are needed to prevent conflicts in the East Sea, experts said at an international conference recently organized in Hanoi. According to a report published in Saigon Tiep Thi early this week, at the third international conference on the East Sea, Professor Leszek Buszynski from Australian National University said ASEAN [...]

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Int’l East Sea conference opens in Hanoi 

November 4, 2011
Int’l East Sea conference opens in Hanoi 

Picture by the Vietnam News Agency showing live fire drills June 14 on Phan Vinh Island in the Truong Sa (Spratly) Island chain in Vietnam's East Sea. An international conference on the East Sea, also known as South China Sea, opened in Hanoi Friday, with the participation of experts from countries throughout the world. The two [...]

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Vietnam, Japan to open deputy minister defense dialogue 

November 2, 2011
Vietnam, Japan to open deputy minister defense dialogue 

Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (L) and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko Noda sign a strategic partnership agreement Monday in Tokyo. Vietnam and Japan will open a deputy ministerial level defense dialogue as part of a strategic partnership agreement signed Monday, Vietnam News Agency reported. According to the news agency, the agreement was signed between [...]

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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...