Vietnam - rising dragon

01/12/2015

My report on Vietnam's emerging security partnership with the United States - driven by China...

27/09/2015

Got any ideas for the next Party congress? This is where you want to start...

The website “Communist Party of Vietnam – 12th National Party Congress” is the official page disseminating the information about the 12th National Party Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam on the Internet.

14/01/2015

My new book is on the South China Sea (East Sea / West Philippines Sea) disputes. There's more about it at the book's page here: https://www.facebook.com/southchinaseabook

From ancient history to modern threats of war - everything you need to know about the South China Se

18/10/2012

And for the real specialists - English translations of early Vietnamese documents...
https://sites.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/viet-texts/

This web site contains English-language translations of Vietnamese historical texts. It also contains searchable versions of the classical Chinese (Hán) originals.

18/10/2012

Here's one in French. Oral histories and memories from decolonisation...
http://indomemoires.hypotheses.org/

La décolonisation et la guerre vécues par les populationsdu Viêt Nam, du Laos et du Cambodge

18/10/2012

Here's a great archival resource for people looking at the history of French Indochina
http://guides.lib.washington.edu/content.php?pid=323379

This is a guide to library and archival research on Indochine. It covers research in France as well as Việt Nam and Cambodia

18/10/2012

A collection of fantastic online resources for people looking at the history of VN. Here's the first one...
http://www.indochine.uqam.ca/

Welcome to the On-Line Resource Site on the Indochina War at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM). This electronic resource seeks to provide specialists, teachers, students, and the general public with reliable reference tools needed to better understand this complex conflict.

28/03/2012

A very good corrective from David Brown, a little dose of realism...

What’s remarkable isn’t that old enemies are now friends, but that an alliance of convenience has been dressed up and presented as a ‘strategic relationship.’

10/03/2012

Is this real? Does the Prime Minister (official salary $200 per month) really own this?

Premier villa which owns Vietnam - was built in 2000 with the style of classic European with full facilities for a lavish lifestyle as pool, garden, spa .. and especially the front of the house turned towards the bay with clear sea views reached.

06/02/2012

David Brown's excellent three parter on Vietnam's ongoing land struggles...

30/01/2012

34 road deaths per day over Tet - carnage...

Vietnam’s Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang visited a major hospital in Hanoi Thursday to call on victims of road accidents and assess the traffic situation as of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year holiday.

23/01/2012

Chuc Mung Nam Moi!!

22/01/2012

Very interesting article by David Brown. Could there be a deal in the offing about the Paracel Islands? I'd assumed that they were lost to China.

Eight months after trading threats, China and Vietnam are now huddled in negotiations over the northern section of the South China Sea, an expanse that no other nations claim. It's a high stakes game for both countries' Communist leaders.

05/01/2012

Vietnamese press going tough on this story - good for them. I imagine they'll get told to shut up by the Ministry next week.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday arrested 23-year-old Nguyen Duc D**g Anh, brother-in-law of Tuoi Tre newspaper’s journalist Hoang Khuong, for indirectly bribing a traffic police officer in a traffic violation case.

30/12/2011

This looks like it's going to be a test of Vietnamese influence in the region. Another split in ASEAN's ranks - which will probably please China.

The announcement that a decision over whether to proceed with the controversial Xayaburi dam has been delayed has been welcomed by NGOs. But will Laos push ahead anyway?

30/12/2011

How can such a huge ship just disappear without a trace? Sounds like the safety kit wasn't being properly maintained. A tragedy...

An oil streak has been detected near the site where a Vietnamese ship with 23 crewmen went missing off the Philippines on Sunday, but the ship and its crew are nowhere to be found.

28/12/2011

It's official! Vietnam's charm is no longer hidden, it's timeless! Better look after it then...

“Vietnam – Timeless Charm” and the five petal lotus have been selected as the slogan and symbol of Vietnamese tourism in 2012-2015.