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Vietnam joins PH in slamming China’s new ‘expansionist’map
BY E.J. CARLEON – JUNE 28, 2014 POSTED IN: FEATURED, PHILIPPINE NEWS, PHILIPPINES, WORLD MANILA, Philippines – Vietnam joined the Philippines in slamming the new vertical map published by China recently; increasing the crude territorial demarcation 9 dash lines to 10, and inordinately encroaching into the exclusive economic zones of its neighboring countries in the…
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Vietnam’s Role in Japan’s Southeast Asia Strategy
Japan is calibrating its cooperation with Vietnam in order to support Abe’s larger agenda. By Clint Richards June 04, 2014 Vietnam’s economic freedom score is 50.8, making its economy the 147th freest in the 2014 Index. Its score is 0.2 point worse than last year, reflecting declines in freedom from corruption, monetary freedom, and business…
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Envoy nominee open to lifting arms ban to Vietnam
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press Updated 3:45 pm, Tuesday, June 17, 2014 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama‘s nominee to become the next U.S. ambassador to Vietnam said Tuesday it may be time for Washington to consider lifting a ban on the sale and transfer of lethal weapons to the former American enemy. Ted Osius told his…
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Protestors torch factories in southern Vietnam as China protests escalate
By Euan McKirdy, CNN updated 2:17 AM EDT, Thu May 15, 2014 (CNN) — Anti-Chinese protests in Vietnam have turned violent with demonstrators setting on fire a number of factories in a southern Vietnamese industrial park. Properties in the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Parks (VSIP) I & II in Binh Duong were targeted Tuesday by thousands of…
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Vietnam’s anti-China protests force Foxconn shut down
By Alanna Petroff @AlannaPetroff May 16, 2014: 8:14 AM ET ONDON (CNNMoney) Foxconn has temporarily shuttered a factory in Vietnam after violent anti-China protests hit the nation. The Vietnamese protesters are angry about China’s deployment of an oil rig into waters that both countries claim as sovereign territory. Protesters were torching factories in a southern…
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Vietnam deploys dancers to foil protests
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Anti-China protesters hoping to lay wreaths at a famous statue in the Vietnamese capital on Sunday were obstructed by an unusual sight of ballroom dancers and an energetic aerobics class held to a thumping sound system. The demonstrators suspect the government deployed the dancers as a way to stop them from…
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Beijing preparing new air defense zone in South China Sea
January 31, 2014 By NANAE KURASHIGE/ Correspondent BEIJING–China is laying out plans to define another new air defense identification zone, but this time in the South China Sea, sources said, which could further escalate tensions in the region. The disclosure is sure to provoke Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan, all of whom claim…
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In Shift, Vietnam Marks 1974 Battle With China
HANOI, Vietnam January 17, 2014 (AP) By CHRIS BRUMMITT Associated Press Hanoi is marking for the first time the anniversary of a deadly 1974 battle between China and U.S.-backed South Vietnamese forces in the South China Sea, apparently seeking to boost its legitimacy at home as tensions over the disputed waters flare anew. The fight,…
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China Orders Foreign Fishing Vessels Out of Most of the South China Sea
New rules issued prior to near collision between U.S. warship and Chinese naval vessel BY: Bill Gertz January 7, 2014 5:00 am China has ordered foreign fishing vessels to obtain approval from regional authorities before fishing or surveying in two thirds of the South China Sea, setting up the potential for new confrontations between Beijing…
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Dangerous Waters
State Department calls new China fishing curbs in South China Sea ‘dangerous and provocative’ BY: Bill Gertz January 9, 2014 6:30 pm China’s imposition of new restrictions on foreign fishing in the South China Sea is a “dangerous and provocative” measure, the State Department said on Thursday. “The passing of these restrictions on other countries’…
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