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Around 468,000 people are to be evacuated in Vietnam ahead of the landfall of Typhoon Vamco, which has already killed 53 people in the Philippines. Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc warns people of the seriousness of the storm.
2020-11-14

Flights are cancelled and evacuations are ordered for over 100,000 people in the North Central Coast of Vietnam, in preparation for Typhoon Doksuri. The system has already claimed four lives passing over the Philippines.
2017-09-14

Six Vietnamese sailors are kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf off the coast of the Philippines.
2016-11-12

Vietnam seizes a Chinese fishing vessel for intruding in its waters and tows the vessel to the port of Hai Phong.
2016-04-4

The Philippines asks the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague to invalidate China's claims to virtually all of the South China Sea. The hearing was attended by observers from Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
2015-07-9

China imposes a "fishing permit" rule in the South China Sea, much to the chagrin of the United States, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
2014-01-10

In talks in Manila, the Philippines and Vietnam agree to work together on a framework for resolving maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
2013-08-1

China's defense ministry criticizes the United States for allegedly increasing tensions in the Asia-Pacific region by increasing its military presence and supporting Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam in longstanding territorial disputes.
2013-04-16

At least 17 people are killed in a fire at a shoe factory in the Vietnamese city of Hai Phong.
2011-07-30

China reiterates its claim over the disputed Spratly Islands after Vietnam and the Philippines protest over Chinese naval activity in their waters. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-225597-china-stakes-claim-on-disputed-islands-after-spats ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019
2011-03-8