Lengthy jail terms given to men involved in Vietnamese truck deaths
The discovery of so many dead people - some as young as 15 - in… Read More
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Vietnam scolds Netflix and Apple
Vietnam introduced a cyber security law two years ago that requires all foreign businesses earning… Read More
5 years ago
Couple detained over killing pet dogs and cats for meat
People alerted police, who caught a man and a woman "collecting the dead dogs and… Read More
5 years ago
Irish driver pleads guilty over 39 Vietnamese truck deaths
The victims, 31 men and boys and eight women whose ages ranged from 15 to… Read More
5 years ago
UK police charge another man over Vietnamese truck deaths
The victims, who included two 15-year-old boys, were discovered in October in the truck container… Read More
5 years ago
All 16 coronavirus sufferers cured
The last known patient, a 50-year-old man infected by his daughter who returned from China’s… Read More
5 years ago
First bodies of UK truck victims arrive in Vietnam for funerals
Sixteen bodies arrived on a Vietnam Airlines commercial flight from London to Hanoi early Wednesday… Read More
6 years ago
All 39 victims found dead in UK truck were Vietnamese: police
The victims were found in the early hours of October 23 on a truck that… Read More
6 years ago
Vietnam ‘strongly condemns’ human trafficking after UK truck tragedy
Most of the victims are thought to come from central Vietnam, where easy-to-find brokers help… Read More
6 years ago
Irish police arrest man over UK truck deaths
Irish police said on Saturday they had arrested a man in his 20s from Northern… Read More
6 years ago
Citing ‘unhealthy air’, country tells people to limit outdoor activities
Vietnam warned its people on Tuesday to limit outdoor activities because the air quality in… Read More
6 years ago
Samsung denies it plans new plant in northern Vietnam
Samsung, Vietnam’s largest single foreign investor, already has eight factories and a research and development… Read More
6 years ago
Keeping the thread alive at a Vietnam silk village
Made by women, it is sold to traders exporting to Laos and Thailand. Read More
6 years ago
Google to move Pixel smartphone production to Vietnam
The U.S. internet giant plans to move most of its American-bound hardware out of China,… Read More
6 years ago
Ride-hailing firm Grab plans major investment in Vietnam
Grab and rival Indonesia-based Go-Jek are evolving from ride-hailing app operators to become one-stop shops… Read More
6 years ago
How Brazil and Vietnam are tightening their grip on world’s coffee
With increasing use of mechanization and other new technologies, the world’s top two coffee producers,… Read More
6 years ago
Facebook alternative launches, plans to reach 3 million users this year
Gapo, a mobile app that lets users create personal profiles and share posts to a… Read More
6 years ago
Southeast Asian nations, among worst ocean polluters
Environmentalists commend initiatives by some major retailers to cut back on plastic bags, but say… Read More
6 years ago
Mineral misery: Vietnam salt farmers battered by imports, climate
Vietnam produced about one million tonnes of salt in 2015 and often clocks surpluses, but… Read More
6 years ago
US launches latest clean-up for Vietnam War-era Agent Orange site
US sprayed 80 million litres of Agent Orange over South Vietnam between 1962 and 1971… Read More
6 years ago