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Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Vietnam, and said today that the company is “committed to continuing to strengthen connections” in the country as it seeks to reduce dependence on China. In addition to investing…

SINGAPORE – The Chinese embassy in Singapore on March 18 asked its citizens in the Republic to “stay away” from gambling, adding that cross-border gambling violates Chinese laws. The embassy,…

Vietnamese Consul General in Hong Kong (China) Pham Binh Dam emphasised achievements in relations between the two sides for 2023, in a recent interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency.…

World’s largest coast guard vessel has been patrolling near the contentious Vanguard Bank in the South China Sea. Chinese coast guard ship 5901, dubbed “The Monster” for its size, has…

Vietnam’s pepper export volumes surged 16.6 percent to 267,000 tons in 2023, while value dropped 6 percent to 912 million U.S. dollars, VnExpress reported Tuesday, citing the Vietnam Customs. The…

Paris (15/11 – 75) Sri Lanka has reached an agreement with the China Exim bank on the principles and terms of a $4.2 billion debt settlement, the country’s finance ministry…

China has amended its wildlife protection laws, prohibiting the catch and consumption of wild ornate rock lobsters (Panulirus ornatus), and so has stopped importing them from Vietnam. They prohibit catching…

Brussel, Frankfurt (16/11 – 23) A levying of embargoes and export bans, the imposition of sanctions, erection of fearsome “license” (= restriction) protocol: there’s nothing new about this back-and-forth in…

Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong met with General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping Friday while in Beijing to attend the…

Berlin (05/11 – 40) The international transport corridor “Tajikistan-Europe” will be expanded. The initiative for the implementation of the “Crossroads of the World” project was announced at the IV International…