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The Mekong Delta province of An Giang received more than 1 million tourists to its religious sites in February, up 200,000 from the previous month.

Vietnam’s Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has highlighted that ASEAN should focus more on improving the quality of people’s life, ensuring all equally benefit from the building of the ASEAN Community.

Vietnam’s activities on islands and rocks under its management in the East Sea are completely normal, Vietnamese Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi told Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television.

An international seminar on defence strategies and regional security in Asia - Pacific took place in Bangkok, Thailand, on December 28 and 29.

Vietnamese officials underlined the importance of border and territorial issues to relations between Vietnam and China at a governmental-level negotiation in Beijing, China, on December 12-13.

Party, State and people of Vietnam always attach importance to the friendship with China, considering this a persistent guideline, a strategic choice and a top priority in the country’s foreign policy

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has decided to carry out antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on imports of corrosion-resistant carbon steel pipe from Vietnam.

The 6th deputy ministerial-level defence strategic dialogue between Vietnam and China convened in Chengdu city in southwestern China's Sichuan province on November 4.

The Presidents of Vietnam and the Philippines have pledged to further strengthen political and diplomatic cooperation via regular exchange of all-level visits.

US will continue imposing anti-dumping duty on Vietnamese frozen warm water shrimp to the US market after the second five-year sunset review, reported the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA).

Vietnam worked actively at the 17th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to hold firm to the NAM’s orientations amidst the complex global situation, Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi on September 15 afternoon, successfully wrapping up his official visit to China at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang from September 10-15.

VASEP is preparing documents to sue the US Department of Commerce over its final conclusion in the 10th administrative review of anti-dumping duties on shrimp products imported from Vietnam.

The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) has officially levied higher anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese frozen warm-water shrimp exports during the review period starting 2014 to 2015.

ASEAN leaders continue to voice deep concerns about the East Sea situation in the Chairman’s Statement of the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits, which was issued on September 7 afternoon.

Issues related to the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea and the building of the Code of Conduct will be submitted to the upcoming ASEAN-China Summit in Laos.

A Tet Doc Lap or Independent Holliday celebration will be held from September 1-30 at the Culture and Tourism Village of Vietnamese ethnic groups in Hanoi to mark the 71th anniversary of National Day.

The Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA) is hosting a conference themed “Reshaping the East Sea Maritime Agenda” in Malaysia’s capital of Kuala Lumpur beginning August 29.

Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of Indonesia Arrmanatha Nasir stated that the finalization of a code of conduct in the East Sea (COC) will play an important role in easing tensions in the waters.

Foreign ministers of ASEAN member states and China issued their joint statement on the full and effective implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea.