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Da Nang becomes Vietnam's first province or centrally governed city to reinstate social distancing measures after two new local infection COVID-19 cases with unknown source of transmission.
2020-07-26

North Korea says it will resume working-level nuclear talks with the United States, reviving a denuclearization process that has remained stalled since a February summit in Vietnam ended without a deal.
2019-10-1

"Xinhua" reports that on December 21 Chinese police in Guangxi shot dead one person and detained 21 others. China considers the group to be "religious extremists" who were trying to cross the border into Vietnam.
2014-12-24

Vietnam files an intervention in the arbitration case about the South China Sea with Vietnam rejecting China's claims.
2014-12-13

A major search operation is underway for the "Sunrise-689", a Vietnamese vessel carrying 18 crew members and 5,226 tonnes of oil which lost both radio and radar contact on October 3 40 minutes after its departure from Singapore.
2014-10-7

A series of explosions at a fireworks factory in northern Vietnam has killed at least 15 people and left many others injured.
2013-10-12

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

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

A Vietnamese journalist known for his high-profile reporting dies after being set on fire.
2011-01-30

The United States and Vietnam celebrate the 15th anniversary of diplomatic relations by conducting what the United States describes as a "series of naval engagement activities" in the South China Sea, risking a disagreement with China.
2010-08-10