Vietnam has so far selected only three countries as “comprehensive strategic partners” namely Russia, China, and India. The US has proposed three times to upgrade its relationship with Vietnam to a “strategic partner” (lower than “comprehensive strategic partnership”) but Vietnam…
Russia announced the prospect of cooperation with Vietnam in the near future amid economic isolation from the world, while strong sanctions from the West against Moscow forced Vietnam to stop exporting pangasius. slip into this country. Vietnam, a close strategic…
Ambassadors of 21 European countries have just written a joint editorial in which they expressed disappointment with Vietnam’s abstention at the United Nations, calling on Hanoi to “stand with Ukraine” and use its influence over Russia to influence Moscow. Russia’s…
The United Nations General Assembly on March 2 passed a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and calling on Russia to withdraw its troops immediately. The resolution was passed with 141 votes in favor out of a total of 193…
Russia’s “military campaign” in Eastern Ukraine, which the US and the West call an “invasion” action, is considered a bad precedent for China to follow while Vietnam is “in a difficult position” and cannot “condemn Russia.” While the US and…
On February 24, 2022, Vietnam voiced “extreme concern about the armed conflict situation in Ukraine” and “called on all parties to exercise restraint” and “not use force, protect the people, continue dialogue in search of a peaceful solution.” Like many…
Putin’s Russia has launched an all-out assault on a series of Ukrainian cities, not just two partially “separatist” provinces. In it, the landings in Odessa, the city opposite Turkey’s Istanbul on the Black Sea coast, reflect Putin’s 19th-century geopolitical ambitions…
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 21 that Russia recognized the independence of two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, the “Donetsk People’s Republic” and the “Luhansk People’s Republic”. Immediately after signing the decree, Putin also directed the Russian Ministry…
The defense ministries of Vietnam and Russia have just signed a military-technical cooperation agreement, which is said to “create a legal basis for further promoting defense cooperation” between the two countries. During a bilateral meeting in Moscow on December 1,…
Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said so during his talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow on November 30. According to Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), in addition to saying that Vietnam “always attaches importance to the…
