Vanuatu

Coordinates: 16°S 167°E / 16°S 167°E / -16; 167

Vanuatu (English ⁱ/ˌvɑːnuːˈɑːtuː/ vah-noo-AH-too or /vænˈwɑːtuː/ van-WAH-too; Bislama IPA: [vanuaˈtu]), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (French: République de Vanuatu, Bislama: Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is a Pacific island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some 1,750 kilometres (1,090 mi) east of northern Australia, 500 kilometres (310 mi) northeast of New Caledonia, east of New Guinea, southeast of the Solomon Islands, and west of Fiji.

Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people. The first Europeans to visit the islands were a Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Fernandes de Queirós, who arrived on the largest island in 1606. He then claimed the archipelago for Spain, as part of the colonial Spanish East Indies, and named it Austrialia del Espiritu Santo.

In the 1880s, France and Great Britain claimed parts of the archipelago, and in 1906 they agreed on a framework for jointly managing the archipelago as the New Hebrides through a British–French Condominium. An independence movement arose in the 1970s, and the Republic of Vanuatu was founded in 1980.

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Evacuation underway in Vanuatu amid volcanic eruption fear

Xinhua 10 Aug 2018

According to Vanuatu's Daily Post news website on Friday, the impact of Ambae's devastating volcanic ash fall has wiped out all pandanus leaves on the island, threatening the supply of the island's unique basket and red and white mats as well as the handicraft industry in Port Vila, capital of the South Pacific Island nation. Pentecost, Vanuatu's ......

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Australia to help build Samoa parliament in latest...

This is Money 09 Aug 2018

SYDNEY, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Australia on Thursday promised radio gear and help to build parliament offices in Samoa's capital of Apia, the latest pledge of ... Since 2011, China has spent $1.3 billion on concessionary loans and gifts ranging from computer hardware in Papua New Guinea to a new prime ministerial compound in Vanuatu's capital of Port Vila....

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Australia to help build Samoa parliament in latest Pacific aid pledge

Yahoo Daily News 09 Aug 2018

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Thursday promised radio gear and help to build parliament offices in Samoa's capital of Apia, the latest pledge of aid in ... Since 2011, China has spent $1.3 billion on concessionary loans and gifts ranging from computer hardware in Papua New Guinea to a new prime ministerial compound in Vanuatu's capital of Port Vila....

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Australia is trying to counter China by building undersea cables in the Pacific, but it's stirring up trouble at home

Business Insider 31 Jul 2018

Carsten Koall/Getty Images ... Australia, along with the US and Britain, has also raised concerns that Huawei exposes telecom networks to security risks, a claim the company denies ... Troubled broadband. NBN Co ... Simon Fletcher, managing director of Vanuatu-based Interchange Limited, which is laying a government-backed cable from Port Vila, its capital, to Honiara in the Solomon Islands, said Australia's subsidy threw the market into turmoil ... ....

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Australia, Japan join U.S. infrastructure push in Asia

Asahi News 31 Jul 2018

... governments aiming to attract private capital to projects ... Australia has recently stepped up its engagement in the Pacific, allocating it the largest slice of its aid budget, while Japan has also been stepping up its diplomacy in the region, recently opening an embassy in Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila....

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Australia's plans to build foreign ties with undersea...

This is Money 31 Jul 2018

By Tom Westbrook ... Australia, along with the U.S. and Britain, has also raised concerns that Huawei exposes telecom networks to security risks, a claim the company denies ... TROUBLED BROADBAND ... CHINA CALLING ... Simon Fletcher, managing director of Vanuatu-based Interchange Limited, which is laying a government-backed cable from Port Vila, its capital, to Honiara in the Solomon Islands, said Australia's subsidy threw the market into turmoil ... ....

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Chinese naval hospital ship Ark Peace concludes Vanuatu tour

Xinhua 30 Jul 2018

SUVA, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese naval hospital ship Ark Peace, which is on Mission Harmony - 2018, left Vanuatu's capital city of Port Vila for Fiji on Monday after wrapping up an eight-day visit for humanitarian medical service to the South Pacific Island nation ... July 30, 2018 marks the 38th Independence Day of Vanuatu ... the people of Vanuatu....

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Passenger plane makes emergency landing in Vanuatu

Xinhua 28 Jul 2018

SUVA, July 28 (Xinhua) -- An Air Vanuatu ATR-72 aircraft carrying 39 passengers and four crew members made an emergency landing at Bauerfield airport in Port Vila, capital of Vanuatu on Saturday ... Air Vanuatu Ltd later confirmed that the airport had reopened, and one flight, from Port Vila to Fiji's third largest city of Nadi, was cancelled....

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Top leaders of Vanuatu laud Chinese hospital ship's visit

Xinhua 28 Jul 2018

SUVA, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Top leaders of Vanuatu, expressed appreciation for a Chinese naval hospital ship's visit, saying it demonstrated the profound friendship between Vanuatu and China. The Chinese naval hospital ship Ark Peace, which is on Mission Harmony - 2018, arrived in Port Vila, capital of Vanuatu on Monday for humanitarian medical service....

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13 reasons why Vanuatu should be your next holiday destination

Metro UK 13 May 2018

When planning a visit to the South Pacific, Vanuatu isn’t usually the place that springs to mind. I’d never heard about it myself until I proposed a trip to Fiji, only for my Australian partner to suggest Vanuatu instead ... Vanuatu Tourism Office) ... Day trips from Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, are easy to book and you get a truly memorable view when you visit the crater’s edge ... Vanuatu Tourism Office) ... Vanuatu Tourism Office....

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Trouble in paradise

Sydney Morning Herald 13 Apr 2018

Blue Lagoon on Efate island in Vanuatu ... Late last year, a Chinese timber trader who was accused of ripping off locals on the Vanuatu island of Espiritu Santo was severely beaten ... The official, whom Fairfax Media granted anonymity to speak freely, said clashes were becoming more frequent as the Chinese presence was increasingly felt by the Ni-Vanuatu, the people native to the small Pacific island nation....

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China is reportedly interested in building a military outpost on a tiny island in the Pacific — and it could be a 'game changer' for the region

Business Insider 10 Apr 2018

People wait to load portable water-purification units and supplies at a Red Cross aid center after Cyclone Pam in Port Vila, capital city of Vanuatu, March 19, 2015. China reportedly discussed setting up a military presence in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu ... Local residents outside damaged homes surrounded by debris after Cyclone Pam hit Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, March 15, 2015....

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On the ground in Vanuatu, monuments to China's growing influence are everywhere

Sydney Morning Herald 10 Apr 2018

Michael Jiang, the managing director of the Sino-Van fish processing factory in Vanuatu's capital, has a problem ... The sprawling Chinese embassy in Vanuatu ... "It is going to change everything," said Jackie Willie, who was selling water and fruit juice at one of the capital Port Vila's main markets on Tuesday morning ... China reportedly accounts for nearly half of Vanuatu’s $440 million foreign debt....

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