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Spokesperson answers query on Chinese ships’ exit from Vietnamese waters

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang on October 25 once again stressed Vietnam’s request for relevant parties not to repeat violations of the country’s waters.

Fuel smuggling on the rise in Vietnamese waters

Fuel smuggling is on the rise in Vietnamese waters bordering Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand recently, partly due to the discrepancy between selling prices in Việt Nam and neighbouring countries, 

Museum displays fight for sovereignty

 VietNamNet Bridge – Adjusting his glasses, Nguyen Huu Thao peers closely at the large stained and rusty pieces of coast guard ships on display at the entrance to an exhibition hall of the Viet Nam Military History Museum (VMHM).

NA urged to issue resolution on East Sea situation

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly (NA) deputy Truong Trong Nghia on Thursday requested the NA to issue, on behalf of the Vietnamese people, a separate resolution on the East Sea situation.

China's gradual expansion in East Sea poses challenges for regional countries

VietNamNet Bridge – Dr. Do Minh Cao, from the East Sea Research Centre, told the English language news website dtinews.vn that China is intent on realising its ambition to illegally occupy the “nine-dotted line” in the East Sea.

Extensive activities to protect national sovereignty

VietNamNet Bridge – Over the past month, Viet Nam has conducted a string of diplomatic activities to request China to immediately withdraw its oil rig from Viet Nam’s waters and call on the international community to support

NA plans to pass demonstration law next year

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly (NA) has decided to put the draft of a demonstration law on the table for comment at its ninth session and plans to pass it at its next meeting slated for late next year as agreed by deputies last week.

Trawler wreck salvaged, China's actions slammed

VietNamNet Bridge – Willful acts of violence by Chinese ships that endangered the lives of Vietnamese fishermen was roundly criticised yesterday as the wreck of sunken fishing trawler DNa TS 90152 was salvaged and hoisted to the docks

Vietnam seeks to expand ties with the US

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang told US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker yesterday that Viet Nam hopes to elevate co-operation between the two countries in all fields, especially economics, trade and investment,