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Water levels have fluctuated sharply with testing, but some are encouraged that China gave warning of its plan.
![People along the Mekong are struggling with sharply fluctuation water levels as China tests dam equipment. This Thai woman said her garden on the river bank was damaged by flash floods as water was released from the upstream dam [International Rivers via Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2020/1/12/eddfd6d2107149b2bb16d84b2343fdce_18.jpg "Mekong communities struggle as China tests dam equipment")
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Water levels on the Mekong River, which flows through China and five other countries before emptying into the South China Sea, have dropped once again after Beijing revealed it was testing equipment at one of its 11 dams in the upper reaches of the vital waterway.
Tiếp tục đọc “Mekong communities struggle as China tests dam equipment”
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Theo truyền thông nhà nước, ông Lương Tam Quang, Thứ trưởng Bộ Công an Việt Nam, cho hay lực lượng của Bộ này vào Đồng Tâm không phải để đi ‘tuần tra’ mà là để ‘lập chốt an ninh ở cổng thôn Hoành” nhằm ‘bảo vệ công trình từ xa’.
Tiếp tục đọc “Đồng Tâm: Các câu hỏi về thông tin vụ chết bốn người Bộ Công an nêu ra”
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Bộ Quốc Phòng và Công An có vi phạm Luật Hình Sự
trong vụ Đồng Tâm ngày 9/1/2020?
Bộ Quốc Phòng và Công An có vi phạm Luật Hình Sự
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By the end of last year, more than 160 trade remedies investigations were launched and applied to Vietnamese goods. It is forecast that there will be 25 export products being investigated this year.
Nine out of 16 cases of trade remedies investigations are on steel products, accounting for 60 percent. (Photo: SGGP)
Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnamese goods in face of pressure from trade protectionism”
Party General Secretary, President Nguyen Phu Trong chairs the 17th session of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption on January 15. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption held its 17th session on January 15 under the chair of Party General Secretary, President and head of the committee Nguyen Phu Trong, to look back at its work in 2019 and line out key tasks for 2020. Tiếp tục đọc “Central Steering Committee on anti-corruption convenes 17th session”
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It is early days, granted, but the Philippines’ crude and crass new president Rodrigo Duterte appears increasingly intent on reversing his predecessor’s plucky South China Sea policy and pro-Alliance leanings, opting instead for a tilt towards China. Tiếp tục đọc “What the Philippines and Australia can learn from Vietnam about living with China”
Updating a colonial legacy railway might offer more than a
smoother connection between sometimes tense neighbours.
Last year, China and Vietnam unveiled plans to refurbish a colonial-era railway between the two countries. It was an attempt to update a historical legacy – and also signified new bilateral dynamics in a consequential and sometimes fraught regional relationship. Tiếp tục đọc “Belt and rail: New Vietnam- China train aims to put relations on track”
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USS America (LHA 6)
(EAST CHINA SEA) — Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) amphibious transport dock ship JS Kunisaki (LST 4003) operated together in the East China Sea. Jan. 13.
During the exercise, America and Kunisaki conducted communication and maneuvering drills, personnel exchanges, and a flight operations demonstration. Tiếp tục đọc “America, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Operate in the East China Sea”
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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Liberal Publishing House publishes and distributes books Vietnam’s government does not wants its citizens to read.
![Vietnam's publishing industry is tightly controlled by the government [File: Kham/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2020/1/13/b87f615839eb46618ace880f8a6da237_18.jpg "'Pushing boundaries': The rise of Samizdat publishing in Vietnam")
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.
Tiếp tục đọc “‘Pushing boundaries’: The rise of Samizdat publishing in Vietnam”
Christmas light shipments to the US from Vietnam have more than doubled this year, while those from China have plunged.
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]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2019/12/28/79a06003aac948899dfd71b8d23ed131_18.jpg "Vietnam court sentences ex-minister to life in prison for fraud")
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.
Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam court sentences ex-minister to life in prison for fraud”
![For many years Christmas lights were produced almost solely in China, but increased US tariffs on Chinese goods pushed many buyers to source the items elsewhere, including Vietnam [File: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2019/12/26/7ef4bf60ed7045e6845617351d575950_18.jpg "Untangling Christmas lights: How Vietnam gains from the trade war")
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