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Party Secretary of Hanoi Bui Thi Minh Hoai
Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Vietnamese President To Lam inspect an honour guard as they make their way to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Vietnam

China’s ties with Vietnam are a diplomatic priority, Xi Jinping tells To Lam

Xi seeks to reinforce ‘high-level and strategic’ ties with Lam on his first overseas trip as Vietnamese leader.

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South China Sea

Open Questions | Why there’s no quick fix in the South China Sea, and war ‘cannot be ruled out’

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Diplomacy

Vietnam’s To Lam touches down in China on first overseas trip as new leader

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Vietnam

Asian Angle | Vietnam retools its propaganda strategy for the social media age

Vietnam’s attempts to change its social media approach are complicated by tight controls and the public’s low trust in government messages.

People use their laptops in an internet cafe in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo: Bloomberg
Vietnam

Vietnam’s To Lam makes China his first stop after becoming party chief

The Vietnamese leader will arrive in Beijing on Sunday for a three-day visit that is expected to have economic ties high on the agenda.

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US-China relations

As US trade with Asia flourishes, resistance to trans-Pacific bloc holds firm

American companies have integrated more deeply with Vietnam and other regional partners outside the grouping, undercutting need to join pact.

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South China Sea

As Philippines, Vietnam close ranks, China adopts ‘divide and conquer’ approach

Manila’s assertive approach contrasts with Hanoi’s “low profile” way of dealing with their respective South China Sea rows, analysts say.

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Philippine coastguard personnel wave flags as a Vietnam coastguard patrol ship makes a port call at the Port of Manila, Philippines, on August 5. Photo: EPA-EFE
South China Sea

Beijing ‘wary’ as Japan deepens defence ties with South China Sea claimants

Tokyo’s military drills with Manila and defence equipment agreement with Vietnam will have China taking notice, observers say.

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Art

Street photography veteran Greg Girard passes on his skills in Hong Kong

Since Canadian Greg Girard arrived in East Asia in 1974 he’s photographed its changing cityscapes. He’ll guide participants in an upcoming workshop to capture the essence of Hong Kong and Taipei.

South China Sea

‘They will not stop’: how the Philippines could counter China’s island-building

Observers believe the Philippines has limited military options to dislodge Chinese bases built on reclaimed land in their maritime territory.

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Buildings and structures on the artificial island built by China in the South China Sea’s Fiery Cross Reef in October 2022. China has progressively asserted its claim of ownership over disputed islands in the South China Sea by artificially increasing the size of islands, creating new islands and building ports, military outposts and airstrips. Photo: Getty Images
South China Sea

South China Sea: Vietnamese navy frigate visits China amid drills in waterway

Despite Beijing and Hanoi having overlapping claims, Vietnamese ship arrives at Guangdong port ‘to improve mutual understanding and trust’.

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Vietnam’s missile frigate Tran Hung Dao heads to a naval port in Zhanjiang on Wednesday. The Chinese and Vietnamese navies will organise ship tours, deck receptions, cultural exchanges, joint exercises, and other activities. Photo: Xinhua
South China Sea

China confirms discovery of major natural gas field in South China Sea

The location, in waters southeast of Hainan, is estimated to contain more than 100 billion cubic metres of natural gas.

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China’s third plenum

Opinion | How Hong Kong can fulfil its crucial role in China’s modernisation

Reform continues to be a central theme in the Communist Party’s vision for China, which offers scope for Hong Kong to play to its strengths.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | As American allies in Asia take matters into their own hands, what of the US?

If the US wants to protect its influence in Asia, it must drive greater economic engagement with its regional partners.

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Philippine military chief General Romeo Brawner Jnr (left) shakes hands with Japan Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff General Yoshihide Yoshida as they arrive before meetings with Philippine and Japanese foreign and defence ministers at a hotel in Taguig, Philippines, on July 8. Japan and the Philippines have signed a defense pact allowing their troops to enter each other’s country. Photo: AP
South China Sea

How a Hanoi policy could get in the way of Philippines-Vietnam joint patrols

Asean neighbours set for drills, but Vietnam’s ‘four nos’ defence policy prevents any actual joint action against an assertive China.

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A Vietnam Coast Guard patrol ship makes a port call in Manila on August 5. Photo: EPA-EFE
Asean

Blinken’s trip edges Asean to ‘more proactive’ stance in sea dispute: analysts

Trip seen as continuity of US foreign policy, but analysts say more insight needed into engagement with rest of Asia ‘as a good in itself’.

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Vietnam

Vietnamese tycoon who defrauded stockholders out of US$150 million, gets 21 years

Trinh Van Quyet was found guilty on Monday of falsely inflating the value of his company, amid a government crack down on widespread corruption.

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Europe’s refugee crisis

UK riots heighten risks for undocumented Vietnamese seeking better pay

Vietnam among top 10 countries of illegal arrivals by sea, putting its nationals in firing line as UK gets tough on unauthorised migrants.

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Fireworks are thrown towards police during an anti-immigration demonstration in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, on Sunday. Photo: dpa
South China Sea

‘Comrade’ To Lam: China’s Xi Jinping congratulates Vietnam’s new party chief

Telegram from President Xi Jinping, China’s party chief, comes within hours of Vietnamese President To Lam being named to nation’s top position.

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South China Sea

Beijing opens hardware store on South China Sea’s disputed Woody Island

The new shop in the Paracel Islands is part of China’s push to expand civilian facilities and cement territorial claims in contested waters.

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Cathay Pacific

HK Express to launch flights between Hong Kong, Vietnam’s Phu Quoc by end of 2024

Cathay, which operates budget carrier HK Express, says it will also conduct another round of recruitment in Vietnam this month.

HK Express aims to operate flights between Hong Kong and Phu Quoc by the end of this year, with the carrier and Cathay already operating routes for three other destinations in Vietnam. Photo: Shutterstock
China-Asean relations

Will Chinese funds for Cambodian canal affect South China Sea row with Vietnam?

‘Historic’ Funan Techo canal, a 180km project from the Mekong River to the coast, aims to reduce Cambodia’s transport dependence on Vietnam.

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Excavators at work on the Funan Techo canal, in Cambodia’s Kandal province last month. The US$1.7 billion project is expected to be partially funded by China. Photo: AFP
Vietnam

Despite reforms, Vietnam remains a non-market economy, US declares

US Commerce Department keeps the country on a list of 12 designated nations, including China and Russia, surprising some analysts.

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United States

US to continue to classify Vietnam as non-market economy country

The decision will disappoint Hanoi, which the US has been wooing in its efforts to push back again China.

Hong Kong economy

Bringing tech workers to Hong Kong not an option, Vietnamese IT firm says

NTQ Apac rules out importing its Vietnamese staff, backbone of its IT operation, because of high living costs and language barrier.

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Vietnamese tech workers can now obtain work visas through Hong Kong’s various talent schemes after the city government expanded the eligibility criteria last October. Photo: Jelly Tse
South China Sea

Legal complexities add to Beijing’s South China Sea disputes with its neighbours

Rival claimants in the disputed waterway have lodged submissions to the UN but experts say China may not want to follow suit.

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Illustration: Lee Ka-kuen
Architecture and design

‘The spirit of Gaudí’: why Barcelona’s Sagrada Família still inspires to this day

Horace Pan, chairman of the Hong Kong Interior Design Association, explains how Antoni Gaudí’s unfinished masterpiece changed his life

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Hong Kong and Vietnam sign 30 agreements covering business, aviation

Economic deals revealed in Hanoi bring tally of agreements signed during city leader’s three-nation trip to 55.

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