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America, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Operate in the East China Sea

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America, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Operate in the East China Sea

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USS AMERICA (LHA 6), EAST CHINA SEA

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Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Vincent Zline 
USS America (LHA 6)  

South China Sea – Occupation and Island Building

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OCCUPATION AND ISLAND BUILDING

Five claimants occupy nearly 70 disputed reefs and islets spread across the South China Sea. They have built more than 90 outposts on these contested features, many of which have seen expansion in recent years. AMTI has gathered satellite imagery of each outpost, along with other relevant information, to document their current status and any changes they have undergone in recent years. Explore the database below.

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CHINA  – MALAYSIA – PHILIPPINES  –  TAIWAN – VIETNAM

‘Pushing boundaries’: The rise of Samizdat publishing in Vietnam

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Liberal Publishing House publishes and distributes books Vietnam’s government does not wants its citizens to read.

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Vietnam's publishing industry is tightly controlled by the government [File: Kham/Reuters]
Vietnam’s publishing industry is tightly controlled by the government [File: Kham/Reuters]

Hanoi, Vietnam – Inside a cramped room in a secret – and temporary – location in northern Vietnam, a printer whirs to life, spitting out sheets of paper covered in text.

Neat piles are stacked on nearby tables and a man wearing an air respirator places one of them into a machine that cuts and binds the pages to a cover.

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Vietnam court sentences ex-minister to life in prison for fraud

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Former information minister Nguyen Bac Son was accused of receiving $3m in bribes to help a deal with a mobile company.

The Hanoi court sentenced Nguyen Bac Son to life in prison in a case that also saw another minister and a dozen executives receive lengthy prison terms [Nguyen Van Diep/VNA via AP]
The Hanoi court sentenced Nguyen Bac Son to life in prison in a case that also saw another minister and a dozen executives receive lengthy prison terms [Nguyen Van Diep/VNA via AP]

A court in Vietnam on Saturday sentenced a former information minister to life in prison after finding him guilty of taking $3m in bribes in connection with a controversial deal at state telecoms firm MobiFone.

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Đồng Tâm: Bộ công an lý giải việc công an vào Đồng Tâm – Đám tang ông Kình bị giám sát an ninh chặt chẽ (VOA) – Tướng Phạm Phú Thái: Đồng Tâm là vụ “lấn chiếm đất công”

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Đọc bài quan trọng “Phân tích pháp lý về đất đai trong vu Đồng Tâm“
Bộ Quốc Phòng và Công An có vi phạm Luật Hình Sự
trong vụ Đồng Tâm ngày 9/1/2020?
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War veteran returns from the dead, struggles with life

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By Pham Nga   January 10, 2020 | 02:55 pm GMT+7 VNExpress

A Vietnamese martyr’s mother prayed for his soul for decades, unaware that he had escaped Pol Pot`s regime and ended up in Thailand.

At one of the family’s recent meals, there are two bowls of fish sauce, besides a plate of steamed vegetables and braised fish.

One bowl of fish sauce is for 84-year-old Trinh Thi Hay and the other, heavy with cut fresh chillies, is for her 60-year-old son Nguyen Van Ke.

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Saltwater intrusion to enter deeper in Mekong Delta

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07/01/2020    14:06 GMT+7

Saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta during the dry season, is forecast to enter local rivers 30-40km deeper than the annual average.

Saltwater intrusion to enter deeper in Mekong Delta
Salinity intrusion destroyed rice fields in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang in 2016.—VNA/VNS Photo Trong Dat

That is more severe than 2016, the year of historic salinity which caused VND15 trillion (US$ 646 million) damage to the delta.

The concentration of salinity was about four grammes per litre, said minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong at a meeting held on Friday in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre. Tiếp tục đọc “Saltwater intrusion to enter deeper in Mekong Delta” →

Sand overexploitation of Mekong River raises worries for Mekong Delta

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14/01/2020    16:15 GMT+7

The loss of sand has caused erosion and increased salinity as well as subsidence in the Mekong Delta.

The studies of the Mekong River by Prof Stephen Darby from Southampton University found that within several years, the river bed fell by several meters on a section of hundreds of kilometers in length.

Sand overexploitation of Mekong River raises worries for Mekong Delta

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US-China Trade War Seen as Boosting Vietnam Growth

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By VOA News
January 12, 2020 07:02 PM
FILE - Women are seen working at Maxport, an export garment factory in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 20, 2019.
FILE – Women are seen working at Maxport, an export garment factory in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 20, 2019.

Vietnam will enjoy the fastest economic growth in Southeast Asia in 2020, according to a new forecast from British multinational investment bank HSBC.

Vietnam has been a beneficiary of the China-U.S. trade war, enjoying a boost in services and exports that should drive economic growth to 7% this year, HSBC economist Yun Liu said last week. But she said the country remains vulnerable to economic risks including trade protection and inflation. Tiếp tục đọc “US-China Trade War Seen as Boosting Vietnam Growth” →

Vietnam receives US$16.7 billion of remittances in 2019

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According to statistics by the World Bank (WB), overseas remittances transferred to Vietnam are estimated at US$16.7 billion in 2019, an increase of 4.4 percent compared to that in 2018.

The average remittance level in the period from 2016 to 2019 was 2.33 times higher than that of the period from 1999 to 2015 and 34.7 times higher than that of the period from 1993 to 1998.

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Vietnam 2019 trade surplus $11.12 billion, beating $9.94 billion forecast: customs

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JANUARY 13, 2020 / 4:47 AM
Khanh VU, Reuters

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of $11.12 billion last year, widening from a surplus of $6.8 billion in 2018, customs data released on Monday showed, with smartphones, garments and electronic home appliances among the largest export earners.

Exports in 2019 rose 8.4% to $264.189 billion, while imports rose 6.8% to $253.071 billion, the Customs Department said in a statement. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam 2019 trade surplus $11.12 billion, beating $9.94 billion forecast: customs” →