8 months agoEarthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 53 km NNE of Kon Tum, Vietnam
8 months agoVietnam has created 692 new acres of land in the South China Sea in the last six months. Satellite imagery reveals the growing scale of Hanoi's efforts to expand its outposts in the Spratly Islands
10 months agoThe White House: The United States will continue to focus on expanding the partnership with Vietnam
10 months ago U.S. sends its top diplomat on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, A/S Daniel Kritenbrink, to Hanoi tomorrow to meet with Vietnam officials to underscore strong commitment to implementing Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and to support free, open Indo-Pacific region. A/S Kritenbrink will also reaffirm the U.S’ support for a strong, independent, resilient, and prosperous Vietnam, per DoS. He will discuss shared objectives for next month’s ASEAN-related ministerial meetings, which will take place in Vientiane, Lao PDR
10 months agoPutin met with President of Vietnam in Hanoi
10 months ago Russian President Putin arrives in the Vietnamese capital after leaving Pyongyang
a year agoVietnam tycoon sentenced to death in $12 billion fraud case, state media reports
a year agoAnother cargo vessel has been targeted and hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen. The Greek-owned bulk carrier MT Zografia with 24 crew on board was sailing empty of cargo from Vietnam to Israel, no one was injured.
a year agoTwin seat Vietnam People’s Air Force Su-22UM crashed in Quang Nam Province, south of their base in Da Nang. Both crew ejected safely. Photos from witnesses on site
a year ago The Philippines has approached neighbours such as Malaysia and Vietnam to discuss a separate code of conduct regarding the South China Sea, its president said on Monday
a year agoTwo South Koreans among 18 sentenced to death in Vietnam drug bust: state media
2 years ago Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - Vietnam
2 years agoAt least 30 people have been killed in a fire at an apartment block in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, among them children, local media reported
2 years ago POLITICO: The Biden administration signs a strategic partnership deal with Vietnam, the latest attempt to confront China in the region
2 years agoJia Geng, another Chinese research vessel, entered Vietnam's Exclusive Economic Zone in the South China Sea
3 years agoVietnam karaoke bar fire kills at least 12
3 years ago Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 43 km NNE of Kon Tum, Vietnam
3 years ago Earthquake 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 ago Vietnam 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
