Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

BEIJING - China told Vietnam on Thursday to stop unilateral oil exploration in disputed areas of the South China Sea and not harass Chinese fishing boats, raising tensions in a protracted maritime territorial dispute with its neighbour.

HANOI — Vietnamese immigration officers said Tuesday they were refusing to stamp entry visas into controversial new Chinese passports which feature a map of Beijing's claim to almost all of the South China Sea.

Vietnamese seafood companies, while affirming that Vietnam’s shrimp does not bear viruses that may cause hazardous diseases as stated by the Chinese importers, have urged government agencies to clarify the accusation to protect Vietnam’s shrimp industry.

HANOI - Vietnam is aiming to reduce its trade deficit with China by exporting more farm produce and curbing imports of smuggled goods from its neighbor, Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang said Monday.

The saying “no great loss without small gain” has been modified into “No small gain without great loss”. This is the lesson learnt by Vietnamese from the deals with Chinese businessmen.

A Hanoi court Saturday awarded jail terms of up to 13 years to a group of six youths for trafficking and selling Vietnamese women to Chinese brothels.

In Hugh White's latest book, "The China Choice: Why America Should Share Power", the Australian professor argues that, for the sake of regional peace, the United States and China should carve up Asia between them. In particular, the US should consider ceding Indochina to China, the former defence official added.

Chinese businessmen have been, through different ways, doing trade illegally in Vietnam, thus causing chaos to the market and ravaging the agricultural production. This has been attributed to the loopholes existing in the Vietnamese laws.

Hundreds of Chinese visitors cross the Red River from Yunnan into Vietnam every day to gamble at an exclusively Chinese casino. Due to the complicated and restrictive nature of one-day visas, they simply pay a modest fee to cross without a visa.

The Chinese government said Thursday it has approved the construction of a dock on Hoang Sa (Paracel Islands) in the East Sea despite territorial disputes with Vietnam.

Opened on April 19, the Vietnam Ethnic Groups Cultural Festival promises to be a good chance to promote the cultures of 13 ethnic groups from eight cities and provinces in the north, centre and south of Vietnam. Yet, many of the event’s shortcomings have greatly disappointed the visitors.

HANOI — Police in northern Vietnam have arrested six people for allegedly trafficking 21 women and teenagers to China to work as sex slaves.

Vietnam is protesting plans by a Chinese oil company to take bids on developing energy deposits in the contested South China Sea, in a fresh sign that territorial disputes in the region may rise as Beijing, Hanoi and other regional claimants push ahead with development plans.

Vietnam is arguably the most “sinicized” country in Southeast Asia, a distinctive result of more than 2,000 years of intense interaction between Vietnam and China.