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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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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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Vietnam gears up to cope with climate change

December 5, 2009
Vietnam gears up to cope with climate change

PM Nguyen Tan Dung will lead the Vietnamese delegation to the UN Climate Change Conference in Denmark to show the country’s determination to work with the world to cope with climate change. LookAtVietnam – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will lead the Vietnamese delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark to show [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 26/11

November 26, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 26/11

Gov’t leaders meet with Indonesian FM; Chief ASEAN, Chinese prosecutors vow to increase cooperation; Argentina-Vietnam friendship parliamentarians group visits Hanoi Gov’t leaders meet with Indonesian FMPrime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on November 25 received the visiting Foreign Minister of Indonesia, Marty Natalegawa, at his government office.During the talks, PM Dung proposed that Vietnam and Indonesia [...]

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Oversight of officials’ assets deters corruption

November 16, 2009
Oversight of officials’ assets deters corruption

Talking about the implementation of the UN convention against corruption in Vietnam, UNDP’s advisor Jairo Acuna-Alfaro suggested that Vietnam oversees the assets of government officials as in other countries. Mr. Jairo Acuna-Alfaro.VietNamNet Bridge – Talking to VietNamNet about the implementation of the UN convention against corruption in Vietnam, Jairo Acuna-Alfaro, the UNDP advisor in anti-corruption [...]

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China’s claim to 80 percent of East Sea unacceptable

September 3, 2009
China’s claim to 80 percent of East Sea unacceptable

VNNB summarizes the local media’s accounts that has been triggered by Chinese document submitted to the UN Law of the Sea Commission in support of its territorial claims in the East Sea. China’s U-shaped line in the East Sea. The dotted line – drawn in the East Sea on the Chinese map – is referred to as [...]

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Vietnam presents report on continental shelf

September 3, 2009
Vietnam presents report on continental shelf

Vietnam has presented a national report on the limits of its continental shelf which lie 200 nautical miles beyond the country’s baselines in the East Sea. Windmills on Large Truong Sa Island, Spartly Islands in the East Sea. (Photo: SGGP)VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese government has presented a national report on the limits of its continental [...]

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Will joining the UN Convention Against Corruption ‘start a fire’ in VN?

August 3, 2009
Will joining the UN Convention Against Corruption ‘start a fire’ in VN?

Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet ratified the UN Convention Against Corruption on June 30, 2009, showing the world Vietnam’s determination to combat corruption. Dan Tri newspaper talks here with the head of the Institute for National Assembly and Legislature, about the implications for Vietnam. LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet ratified the United Nations Convention [...]

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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...