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The National Assembly of Vietnam elects Phạm Minh Chính as the country's 10th Prime Minister, with 96% of the vote.
2021-04-5

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns China's decision yesterday to establish administrative districts in the disputed Paracel and Spratly Islands, saying it violates Vietnam's sovereignty.
2020-04-19

A fire at a condominium complex in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, kills at least 13 people and injures another 27, with most people dying of suffocation or jumping from high floors.
2018-03-23

Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario says Chinese coast guard ships that were sighted two weeks ago near the disputed Jackson Atoll in the northeast Dangerous Ground are no longer there today. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei said ships were dispatched to the area in late 2015 to salvage a fishing vessel that posed a risk to navigation. Chinese ships, “... persuaded fishing boats to leave the waters in an effort to ensure safety conditions for normal navigation," Hong said. In addition to China and the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Brunei also lay claim to the Spratly Islands waters.
2016-03-2

The death toll has risen to six as anti-China riots continue in Vietnam over oil rich islands in the South China Sea. China has sent ships to evacuate 3000 citizens from Vietnam.
2014-05-21

Taiwan plans to expand a pier on one of the disputed Spratly Islands, parts of which are also claimed by Vietnam, Brunei, China, Malaysia and the Philippines, as the other claimants strengthen military deployment in the South China Sea.
2013-04-7

China criticizes Vietnam for passing a law that claims sovereignty of the Spratly Islands.
2012-06-22

Vietnam accuses the People's Republic of China of "violating" its sovereignty after Chinese ships damaged a Petrovietnam boat in the disputed Spratly Islands.
2011-05-28

Two Vietnamese sailors are shot and wounded in the disputed Spratly Islands.
2011-05-19

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