February 17, 1979: The Start of the Sino-Vietnamese Border War
What happened?On this day in 1979, hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops poured across Vietnam’s northern border, launching a bloody ...
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January 19, 1974: The Paracels Maritime Battle
What happened?On this day, in 1974, Chinese and then-Republic of Vietnam (RVN) navies clashed with one another in close-proximity maneuvers ...
Three Challenges Vietnam Will Face When Cambodia Takes The ASEAN Chair In 2022
On October 28, 2021, Cambodia officially became the rotating chair of ASEAN for 2022. This is somewhat bad news for ...
Vietnam Briefing: Bao Sach Appeal; Vietnamese Vendor Summoned Over Salt Bae Parody; Vietnam Mourns Victims Of COVID-19
Bao Sach (Clean Newspaper) members filed an appeal to lower their court sentencesOn November 17, Vietnam’s state media reported that ...
Vietnam Briefing: Prosecutions Against Bao Sach Journalists; Beijing Seeks To Reaffirm Its Influence In The South China Sea
Prosecutions against members of online-based Bao Sach (Clean Newspaper) outletRFA reports:On Wednesday, September 8, Vietnamese authorities indicted five journalists from ...
July 24, 2012: China Establishes Sansha City, Intensifying The Maritime Conflict With Vietnam
What happened?On July 24, 2012, China established a prefecture-level city called Sansha City (in Vietnamese: Thành phố Tam Sa) under ...
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The Vietnam Briefing, which is released every Monday morning Vietnam time, looks at Vietnam’s political developments of the past week.The ...
June 5, 2011 – The Beginning Of The Longest Anti-China Protest Movement In Vietnam
Our newest section on The Vietnamese Magazine, the “On This Day” series, aims to introduce contemporary Vietnamese history of the ...
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COVID-19The COVID-19 situation continued to worsen throughout the Lunar New Year and serious measures have been put in place.Hanoi has ...
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