Soldiers representing Vietnam are participating in the International Army Games 2022 in Moscow, Russia. This is an annual competition organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense, with tank competitions making the name of this event. In this year’s tank competition,…
Vietnam and great powers Vietnam is emerging as a focal point in regional diplomacy. The great powers are trying to “entice” Vietnam. But whose side Vietnam will lean toward is the key question. On July 5-6, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov…
Vietnam and Russia have just held a conference to review 30 years of cooperation in embalming late President Ho Chi Minh’s body – described by the VNA as a “symbol of friendship between Vietnam and the Russian Federation” – on…
How does Vietnam build alliances with like-minded partners “with the same vision”? Such an alliance full of contradictions, not only breaks the principles of integration diplomacy but also deeply divides the relationship between the Vietnamese government and the local people.…
Whether Vietnam was forced or volunteered, the consequences of all three votes by Vietnam’s representative at the UN General Assembly were incalculable. One of the dangerous consequences for Vietnam is the change of the strategic chessboard in the South China…
On April 7, 2022, the United Nations General Assembly voted to expel Russia from the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on accusations of human rights violations in Ukraine, with 93 votes in favor, 24 votes against, and 58 abstentions. Vietnam was…
It is worth noting that Vietnam, along with China, and North Korea… are among the 24 countries that voted against this resolution, even though Hanoi had twice abstained before to show its neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. According to experts,…
Observers in Vietnam and abroad commented to VOA that the Vietnamese government has “moved closer” to Russia, and decided to “pick sides” with Moscow, instead of following the majority according to common sense in the vote on April 7 at…
Conducting an invasion of Ukraine under the rather “beautiful” name of a “special military operation,” Russia has faced condemnation and the harshest economic sanctions from many countries. Meanwhile, despite speaking out, Hanoi still only repeats symbolic diplomatic statements and avoids…
On March 24, the United Nations General Assembly (UN) adopted a resolution demanding that Russia immediately stop waging war in Ukraine, calling on the international community to increase humanitarian aid to the people of this country, and at the same…
