Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

Chinese leaders like to talk about their country's "peaceful rise" - and Europe's financial traumas are giving Beijing plenty of scope to assume the role of a benign new force on the world stage.

PEKIN - Pékin et Hanoï veulent discuter d'un développement commun de la mer de Chine du Sud, riche en hydrocarbures, selon un communiqué publié samedi au dernier jour d'une visite en Chine du numéro un vietnamien Nguyen Phu Trong, a rapporté l'agence Chine nouvelle.

China and Vietnam maybe at odds over claims in the South China Sea, particularly the Paracel and Spratly Islands, but they seem to be agreeing on one thing: taking control of its internet users.

NEW DELHI - India today dismissed Chinese objections over its oil exploration projects in two Vietnamese blocks in the South China Sea, saying its cooperation with Vietnam was as per international laws and it would like the cooperation to grow.

BEIJING - China and Vietnam have agreed to speed up negotiations on South China Sea related disputes and work out a mutually agreeable solution as early as possible.

About one hundred people took to Hanoi's streets to protest against Beijing's territorial ambitions in the South China Sea - the latest in a string of anti-China rallies in recent weeks.

It was inevitable that the recent ruckus over territorial claims in the South China Sea would spill over into Vietnam's internal politics. How to manage the relationship with China is the second touchiest issue in national life (the first is whether having more than one legal party would be a good thing or not).

HANOI — Armed Chinese soldiers allegedly beat a Vietnamese fisherman and threatened other crew members before driving them out of waters near disputed South China Sea islands claimed by both countries, a Vietnamese official said Thursday.

HANOI — About 100 anti-China protesters marched peacefully in Vietnam Sunday despite a heavy security clampdown and a vow by both countries to rein in public opinion over tensions in the South China Sea.

BEIJING: China and Vietnam pledged to resolve a row over the strategic South China Sea, state media said on Sunday, in a bid to ease tensions that prompted accusations of Chinese bullying in the region.

The United States and Vietnam on Friday jointly called for freedom of navigation and rejected the use of force in the South China Sea, amid simmering tensions between Beijing and its neighbours.

China warned Vietnam on Tuesday against creating "new incidents" in the disputed South China Sea, after Vietnam accused China of increasing tension with the harassment of a Vietnamese oil exploration ship by three Chinese patrol boats.

Vietnam has accused China of escalating the long-running dispute over control of the South China Sea after three Chinese patrol boats confronted and damaged an oil exploration ship operated by PetroVietnam, the state-owned oil and gas company.

Hanoi - Vietnamese fishermen were planning to not respect a Chinese ban on fishing in waters claimed by both nations, government and industry officials said Monday.

HANOI — Vietnam says recent moves by China and Taiwan involving islands that all three claim are inciting regional tension.