Is Vietnam’s restrained approach to maritime issues the key to fewer, muted confrontations with China?
Hanoi also has the ability to isolate maritime issues from other bilateral ones, analysts say.
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Philippines 'breaking from its shell' with submarine purchase
MANILA -- The Philippines' plan to buy its first submarine marks a step toward the Southeast Asian nation taking a more assertive approach to defending its interests beyond its borders, analysts say.
Vietnam and Philippines sign deal on South China Sea security
MANILA/HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnam and the Philippines on Tuesday signed a maritime cooperation agreement to help better manage conflicts amid the threat of China's expansionism in the South China Sea.
Taylor Swift can make it from Tokyo concert to Travis Kelce’s Super Bowl game on time, Japan embassy assures anxious fans
Angsty fans have been speculating for days over how pop music icon Taylor Swift could do it all next weekend: perform a concert as part of her record-smashing Eras Tour in Tokyo, and hours later support star tight end Kelce as the Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas.
What the Marcos-Duterte feud means for the Philippines, US and China
A week in politics used to be considered a long time. In the Philippines, much has happened over just one weekend, with all the condensed melodrama of one of the country’s hugely popular telenovelas.
Philippine ex-policeman accuses Rodrigo Duterte’s son, daughter of masterminding Davao drug killings
Arturo Lascanas said current Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio devised an operation, instructing law enforcement officials to abduct and bury drug suspects to portray them as kidnapping cases, when she was Davao mayor in 2012.
Sara Duterte for Philippine president? Poll complicates feud between Marcos Jnr and her father
Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio ranked as the most favoured potential presidential candidate in a survey released on January 25 by independent pollster WR Numero, with 35.6 per cent. Broadcaster and senator Raffy Tulfo came in at 23 per cent, and former vice-president Leni Robredo, who was defeated by Marcos Jnr in the 2022 election, received 9 per cent in the survey, which was conducted from November to December and had more than 1,000 respondents.
South China Sea: Philippines’ Marcos approves purchase of submarines to defend sovereignty, amid growing China tensions
Navy spokesman for the West Philippine Sea, Roy Trinidad, said on Thursday the third phase of modernisation reflected a shift in strategy away from internal to external defence.