3 years agoEarthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 45 km NNE of Kon Tum, Vietnam
3 years agoIran frees seized Vietnamese tanker after US Navy confrontation. The IRGC claimed to have thwarted an attempt by the US Navy to "steal" Iranian oil in October. TankerTrackers, based on satellite imagery, said Iran has held onto the vessel's oil cargo worth $50m
3 years agoVietnam asks Iran for an official explanation about the detention of its oil tanker at gunpoint
3 years agoUS Special Operation Command C146A Wolfhound inbound Pattaya Thailand from Da Nang Vietnam
4 years agoIran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian tweets that he met with his counterparts from India, Luxembourg, Vietnam, and Finland today
4 years ago"We of course take any reported incident of Havana Syndrome seriously" says @PressSec answering a question about the delay for @VP in arriving in Vietnam. She does not confirm the possible cases involve two US Embassy staffers
4 years agoAt least two U.S. diplomats will be medevacked out of Vietnam after Havana Syndrome incidents over the weekend in Hanoi, Vietnam ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris' arrival
4 years ago US Embassy in Hanoi says the Vice President's traveling delegation was delayed from departing Singapore because VPs office was made aware of a report of a recent possible anomalous health incident in Hanoi. Anomalous health incident is what the USG calls Havana Syndrome
4 years agoHanoi man captured for allegedly murdering creditor, dismembering victim's body
4 years ago US Department of State: Very troubling that Vietnamese authorities in the Central Highlands recently conducted coordinated raids on house churches, detaining nearly two dozen ethnic minority Christians. We urge Vietnam to cease this harassment and intimidation and allow everyone to practice their faith
4 years agoVietnam reports 2,367 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase on record, and 7 new deaths
4 years ago .@POTUS says he sees "zero" similarities between Afghanistan & US pullout from Vietnam. "There's going to be no circumstance where your going to see ppl being lifted off a roof of an embassy of the United States from Afghanistan"
4 years agoSoutheast Asian Games in Vietnam postponed over virus fears: Games official
4 years ago Vietnam to impose 15 days of widespread curbs in Ho Chi Minh City from Friday - an effective lockdown
4 years ago Dominic Raab:Just landed in Vietnam at the start of a visit to South-East Asia visit to discuss the UK's Indo-Pacific tilt. Looking forward to discussing trade, security and tackling challenges such as climate change, COVID19 & serious organised crime
4 years ago Vietnam: HCM City tightens preventive measures amidst Covid19 spread, will from Sunday suspend taxi services, in-city public buses and inter-provincial buses
4 years ago HANOI: Vietnam widened lockdown measures in its industrialised north on Tuesday to combat its biggest Covid-19 outbreak so far, as authorities reported a daily record in new cases that was more than double the previous high
4 years agoChinese President Xi Jinping on Monday had a phone talk with Vietnamese President Npersonen Xuan Phuc and said China stands ready to make active efforts with Vietnam to build the two countries into a community with a shared future that bears strategic significance.
4 years agoUS Navy denies Beijing's claim USS Curtis Wilbur "expelled" from waters near Paracel Islands in the South China Sea
4 years ago Reuters: The U.S. Navy said later on Thursday the USS Curtis Wilbur "asserted navigational rights and freedoms" near the Paracel Islands, over which China, Taiwan and Vietnam all claim sovereignty
4 years ago Belgian authorities have rescued 49 people from distress at sea. The boat with people mostly from Vietnam had probably started earlier in France for Great Britain
4 years ago In virtual meeting with Vietnam trade minister, @USTradeRep @AmbassadorTai highlights concerns about currency practices and expressed concerns on illegal timber practices, digital trade and agriculture
4 years agoVietnam: China must end its violation of Viet Nam's sovereignty in the East Sea, said MAE spokesperson on Chinese ships operating at Whitsun Reef in the Spratly Archipelago, Vietnam
4 years agoVietnam: photo of a multifunctional simulator for the training of submarine crews of projects 636 and Amur 1650, developed by JSC CDB MT RUBIN in the training center of the 189th Fleet Submarine Brigade, stationed at the Cam Ranh naval base
4 years ago After being branded a "currency manipulator" by the US in December for trying to keep the dong from rising in value, Vietnam is again intervening in forex markets, reports @Reuters
4 years ago Four people smugglers jailed over 39 Vietnamese migrant deaths: UK court
4 years ago .@US7thFleet: The USS John S. McCain "asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the Spratly Islands, consistent with international law.by challenging restrictions on passage imposed by China, Vietnam & Taiwan." China has built military facilities on the Spratlys
4 years ago Vietnam arrests popular Facebook user for "anti-state" posts
4 years ago Newly-emerged COVID19 cluster in HCMC has been basically put under control, said Deputy PM
4 years ago Vietnam said Thursday that Taiwan's live-fire exercises in the waters off the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands violate Vietnam's sovereignty and should not be repeated
