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Truong My Lan found guilty of embezzling from Saigon Commercial Bank in case that was part of wider crackdownA prominent property tycoon has been sentenced to death for her role in Vietnam’s biggest-ever fraud case.Truong My Lan, the chair of the devel…
Read MoreVo Van Thuong has resigned after just over a year, as the country continues its ‘blazing furnace’ anti-corruption driveVietnam’s government has announced the resignation of its second president in as many years amid an anti-corruption drive, sparking c…
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch’s annual report highlights politicians’ double standards and ‘transactional diplomacy’ amid escalating crisesHuman rights across the world are in a parlous state as leaders shun their obligations to uphold international law, accordi…
Read MoreAccording to a recent report there are more than 58m motorcycles and mopeds in Vietnam. As a mode of transport, motorbike are more popular than cars, buses and trains; and residents transport their goods, animals, family and friends by motorcycle. Such…
Read MoreNGO leaders and technical experts who helped secure western aid for official shift to clean energy are being locked up now that they are no longer neededLess than 12 months ago G7 countries agreed to provide billions of dollars to help Vietnam ditch co…
Read MoreNgo Thi To Nhien detained over charges of ‘appropriating documents’, a government spokesperson confirmedVietnam state media has confirmed the arrest of the director of an independent energy policy thinktank – the sixth expert working on environmental i…
Read MoreWomen aiming to reach UK or Ireland realised lorry was heading in wrong direction and contacted BBC journalistSix women have been rescued from the back of a refrigerated lorry in France after a panicked text message to a BBC reporter set off a frantic …
Read MoreHong’s three-year sentence is the latest in a string of convictions for environmental campaigners in the countryA leading Vietnamese climate activist has been jailed for tax evasion, the latest environmentalist put behind bars by the country’s communis…
Read MoreAbout 70 people have been rescued, according to Hanoi authorities, with nearly 40 injuredVietnamese police have announced that 56 people died from a fire in a nine-floor apartment building in the capital, Hanoi.The blaze began shortly after 11pm on Tue…
Read MoreEgypt, Vietnam and Indonesia among countries sending delegations to four-day DSEI at ExCeLEurope’s biggest ever arms fair got under way in London on Tuesday with record numbers expected to attend, boosted by interest from countries with controversial h…
Read MoreThe US president’s remarks came after after meeting in Vietnam with Communist party official to secure global supply chainJoe Biden’s national security tour of south-east Asia reached Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sunday, where the president called for stability …
Read MoreChina, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan all have claims over the area, and tensions often threaten to boil overThe South China Sea is one of the most strategically and economically important waterways in the world. In 2016 more tha…
Read MorePictures appear to show 600-metre runway on South China Sea’s Triton island, which is also claimed by Vietnam and TaiwanChina may be constructing an airstrip on a disputed island in the South China Sea that is also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan, satell…
Read MoreNutmeg seeds excavated at site in southern Vietnam were still aromatic two millennia laterGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCurry may have been introduced to south-east Asia 2,000 years ago, suggest scientists who…
Read MoreCritics 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…
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