Critics say allegations against Hoang Thi Minh Hong are politically motivated, coming amid similar prosecutions against other environmental activistsPolice in Vietnam have arrested a prominent environmental activist after accusing her of tax evasion, c…
続きを読むMeasures come after warning of electricity shortages due to high demand and decreased hydropower productionCities in Vietnam are cutting the use of public lighting to save energy as unusually hot temperatures threaten to stretch the country’s power sup…
続きを読むPeter Lam Bui posted his video after a Vietnamese official visited the celebrity chef’s London steakhouseA Vietnam court has jailed a noodle seller who went viral for impersonating celebrity chef Salt Bae, after the restaurateur served a gold-leaf stea…
続きを読むRecords for countries broken just weeks after temperature in Thailand rose above 45C for the first timeAll-time temperature records were broken in Vietnam and Laos last week. On 6 May, Hoi Xuan in Vietnam reached a scorching 44.1C, breaking the previou…
続きを読むReport comes after neighbouring countries also register unprecedented highs during April heatwaveVietnam has reported a record-high temperature of 44.1C (111.38F), as weather experts and authorities told the population to remain indoors during the hott…
続きを読むRecord figures for month recorded in Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, China and South AsiaAsia is experiencing weeks of “endless record heat”, with sweltering temperatures causing school closures and surges in energy use.Record April temperatures have…
続きを読むSecretary of state to break ground on new US embassy while Hanoi reluctant to antagonise its powerful neighbourChina has reportedly refused to reschedule a visit from the US secretary of state, as Antony Blinken kicked off a trip to Vietnam, a crucial …
続きを読むFrom Bogotá to Dhaka, women are likely to shoulder the bulk of chores and childcare. Six women talk about their duties and the challenge of shifting the burden now and for the next generationSome days, Abha Kujur, 39, feels like the family “servant”. T…
続きを読むWeather event also caused flooding, heavy rain and gusts of over 100mph this weekAn unusually deep area of low pressure moved into California late on Tuesday. The low deepened quickly, reaching the threshold for “rapid cyclogenesis”, when a low deepens…
続きを読むNguyen Xuan Phuc has ‘submitted resignation from assigned positions, quit job and retired’, say reportsVietnam’s president has resigned after days of rumours he was about to be sacked as part of an anti-corruption drive that has led to several minister…
続きを読むAccords negotiated by Kissinger and Le Duc Tho in 1973 sealed US exit from war but were soon flouted by North and South VietnamThe 1973 Nobel peace prize to top US diplomat Henry Kissinger and North Vietnam’s Le Duc Tho, among the most disputed in the …
続きを読むTen-year-old who fell into a narrow open shaft on New Year’s Eve at construction site confirmed dead A 10-year-old Vietnamese boy who fell into the narrow open shaft of a concrete pillar at a construction site on New Year’s Eve has been confirmed dead,…
続きを読むLy Hao Nam, 10, fell down a narrow shaft on New Year’s Eve but there was no response from him on MondayRescuers in Vietnam were desperately trying to free a 10-year-old boy on Monday, two days after he fell into the narrow open shaft of a concrete pile…
続きを読むDredging and landfill work creates 170 hectares of new land in Spratly Islands, which are also claimed by China and othersVietnam has conducted a major expansion of dredging and landfill work at several of its South China Sea outposts in the second hal…
続きを読むThousands of people from Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand have been tricked into slavery and are unable to leave a ‘living hell’When the advert popped up on Ly Thi Lan’s* Facebook feed, it seemed like the perfect opportunity. An employer in Cambodia was lo…
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