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Vietnam, UAE sign comprehensive economic partnership agreement

List of BRICS partner countries announced: Algeria; Belarus; Bolivia; Cuba; Indonesia; Kazakhsta; Malaysia; Nigeria; Thailand; Türkiye; Uganda; Uzbekistan; Vietnam

Putin received in the Kremlin the speaker of the National Assembly of Vietnam, who is on a visit to Russia - Kremlin's spokesperson

Vietnam: Typhoon Yagi death toll rises to 82

Vietnam, Philippines sign defense pact amid China military tensions

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov held talks with the defense ministers of Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Mali and the Central African Republic. The delegations arrived in Moscow to participate in the Army-2024 forum

China launches air, sea patrols near Scarborough Shoal as US, PH hold joint drillsnnChina carried out a combat patrol to test "strike capabilities" near a flashpoint reef in the South China Sea on Wednesday, as the United States and its allies held joint military drills

Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 53 km NNE of Kon Tum, Vietnam

Vietnam 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

The White House: The United States will continue to focus on expanding the partnership with Vietnam

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

Putin tapasi Vietnamin presidentin Hanoissa

Russian President Putin arrives in the Vietnamese capital after leaving Pyongyang

Vietnam tycoon sentenced to death in $12 billion fraud case, state media reports

Another 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.

Twin 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

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

Two South Koreans among 18 sentenced to death in Vietnam drug bust: state media

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - Vietnam

At least 30 people have been killed in a fire at an apartment block in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, among them children, local media reported

POLITICO: The Biden administration signs a strategic partnership deal with Vietnam, the latest attempt to confront China in the region

Jia Geng, another Chinese research vessel, entered Vietnam's Exclusive Economic Zone in the South China Sea

Vietnam karaoke bar fire kills at least 12

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 43 km NNE of Kon Tum, Vietnam

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 45 km NNE of Kon Tum, Vietnam

Iran 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

Vietnam asks Iran for an official explanation about the detention of its oil tanker at gunpoint

US Special Operation Command C146A Wolfhound inbound Pattaya Thailand from Da Nang Vietnam

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian tweets that he met with his counterparts from India, Luxembourg, Vietnam, and Finland today

"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