Posts Tagged ‘ The Hoang ’

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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On the roof of Indochina 

July 3, 2011
On the roof of Indochina 

Waving the Vietnamese flag on the top of Indochina’s tallest peak. Since my student days, I’d cherished a dream of climbing the 3,143 meters Mount Fansipan in Lao Cai in Vietnam’s far northwest. Yet it took me several years to muster the courage and build up the confidence I would need to tackle Indochina’s tallest [...]

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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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China has always wanted the whole of East Sea 

June 14, 2011
China has always wanted the whole of East Sea 

Viking II, a ship contracted by the state-owned Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, was harassed by Chinese ships Thursday as it carried out seismic surveys in Vietnam's continental shelf. Le The Mau, former chief of the scientific information division under the Ministry of National Defense’s Institute of Military Strategies, says China is acting against [...]

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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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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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Call of the sea 

January 8, 2011
Call of the sea 

  A fisherman has lost everything to repeated illegal Chinese harassment and detainment, but says fishing in Vietnamese waters is his livelihood and his birthright Fisherman Mai Phung Luu looks at the sea in the central province of Quang Ngai. Luu is eager to go out to sea again and fish in Vietnamese territorial waters [...]

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Quang Ngai opens Hoang Sa memorial

January 29, 2010
Quang Ngai opens Hoang Sa memorial

Quang Ngai has inaugurated the Hoang Sa – Truong Sa (Paracel – Spratly islands) memorial to commemorate soldiers of the Hoang Sa flotilla under the Nguyen Dynasty.  Quang Ngai Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Director, Dr. Nguyen Dang Vu, revealed that Quang Ngai has invested 14 billion dong (over $800,000) to build on Ly [...]

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Vietnam condemns China’s island tourism plans

January 8, 2010
Vietnam condemns China’s island tourism plans

Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Nguyen Phuong Nga Vietnam has condemned China’s plan to develop tourism on the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, demanding preparations be halted and scrapped forever. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga said Vietnam demanded that China immediately toss out the plan that includes Hoang Sa in a scheme to develop Hainan [...]

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A bird in the bush is worth two in hand

December 29, 2009
A bird in the bush is worth two in hand

A Briton living in Vietnam indulges in his lifelong passion, birdwatching, and calls the country a birders’ paradise.  Richard Craik (L) with American tourists Robert and Nancy Dean from Florida on a recentbirding tour in Da Lat in the Central Highlands. Richard and his Vietnam Birding tour company offersbirdwatching and cultural tours in Vietnam and [...]

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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...