January 15, 2012
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks with journalists at Tehran's Mehrabad airport after his visit to Latin American countries January 14, 2012. Iran said on Saturday it had evidence Washington was behind the latest killing of one of its nuclear scientists, state television reported, at a time when tensions over the country’s nuclear program have escalated [...]
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January 3, 2012
An Iranian ground-to-sea missile is launched on the last day of navy war games near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on January 2. Iran’s military has warned one of the US navy’s biggest aircraft carriers to keep away from the Gulf, in an escalating showdown over Tehran’s nuclear drive. Iran’s military on [...]
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November 28, 2011
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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June 22, 2011
HQ376, one of two Vietnam navy ships that joined a patrol in the Gulf of Tonkin in cooperation with Chinese navy on Sunday and Monday. Two Vietnam navy ships were to end a patrol in cooperation with Chinese navy in the waters of the Bac Bo Gulf (the Gulf of Tonkin) Monday. After the patrol [...]
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May 31, 2011
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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September 19, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Unspoilt beaches far from the madding crowd, virgin forests in abundance etc. make Phu Quoc one of the best holiday islands in Southeast Asia. LookAtVietnam – Unspoilt beaches far from the madding crowd, virgin forests in abundance, crystal clear waters filled with colorful coral, and tropical fish make Phu Quoc one of the best [...]
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August 28, 2009
Exploitation of sand has become a problem on all the Vietnam’s largest rivers. The local press reports that unregulated exploitation of sand demands national solutions. Dredging sand on the Red River. Major rivers in the northern region: The Red River flows from southwestern China through northern Vietnam to the Gulf of Tonkin. The Red River begins in China’s Yunnan [...]
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August 20, 2009
World oil prices rose Tuesday in line with rebounding stock markets and as Hurricane Bill picked up strength in the Atlantic Ocean, albeit far from US oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Brent North Sea crude for October delivery advanced 83 cents to US$67.58 a barrel in early afternoon trade.New York’s main futures contract, [...]
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August 15, 2009
Party leader receives outgoing NZ ambassador; Vietnam joins countries to cope with oil spills; Vietnam supports Myanmar’s efforts for reconciliation; Tuyen Quang urged to fully tap potential Mr Manh (R) shook hand with the NZ ambassador. (Photo: VNA)Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh received the outgoing New Zealand ambassador to Vietnam, James Kember, in Hanoi [...]
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August 15, 2009
The Prime Minister has ratified a plan to implement a joint statement and a framework program between Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand on an oil spill response in the Gulf of Thailand for the 2009-2015 period. The plan aims to build a better sea environment and resource management system, train human resources, and assess the risks [...]
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