カテゴリー: Vietnam
Police say one migrant was charged $22,000 before being taken to China, France and then the UKPolice in Vietnam have charged seven people in connection with the deaths of 39 migrants whose bodies were discovered in the back of a lorry in the UK in 2019…
Maximum fine is double a month’s earnings for many and has contributed to 25% drop in beer salesVietnam’s Tet holiday is only days away, and its open-air bars should be busy with drinkers ready to celebrate the lunar new year – but instead, owners say …
Are vulnerable young Vietnamese people being routinely trafficked into the UK to work in cut-price nail salons? Amelia Gentleman joins a police raid on one shop suspected of involvement in exploitationOnline reviews for this small south-London nail bar…
Remains of 23 victims arrive in Hanoi following repatriation of further 16 to their hometowns days earlierThe remains of the last 23 of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a lorry near London in October have been brought to Vietnam.The remains of the 23…
Families of Essex lorry victims told neither UK nor Vietnam will fund repatriationImpoverished relatives of the 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Essex last month have been told that neither the British nor Vietnamese governments will bea…
Relatives say they cannot afford return of bodies, but do not wish to accept ashesThe families of the 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Essex last month are facing financial difficulties over repatriating the bodies of their re…
A distinctly two-tone mouse deer has been captured on film foraging for food by camera traps set up in a Vietnamese forest. The pictures of the rabbit-sized animal, also known as the silver-backed chevrotain, are the first to be taken in the wild and c…
Sydney man Chau Van Kham, 70, found guilty over his membership of the Viet Tan political partyA Sydney retiree has been convicted of terrorism and jailed for 12 years by a Vietnamese court, in a judgment human rights advocates have described as “essent…
Retired baker Chau Van Kham, 70, to appear in Ho Chi Minh City court after more than 10 months in detentionAllegations of terrorism made against a 70-year-old Australian man in Vietnam are “absolutely false and groundless”, his wife says, pleading with…
Authorities are also collecting DNA samples from families to send to UK for cross-verificationPolice in Vietnam have arrested eight people in relation to the case of 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry trailer in Essex about a fortnight ago, a…
Illegally trafficked migrants will stay silent if police continue to report victims to Home OfficeIn January 2018, a terrified 18-year-old Vietnamese man walked into a police station in London and told police that he had spent five years being traffick…
Case of two teenagers taken in by social services reaffirms plight of young people attempting to escape povertyIn the Vietnamese community it is known as the “VIP” route – an illegal entry into the UK on a flight using someone else’s passport or a doct…
Relatives of those thought to have perished in Essex face a terrible wait for newsThroughout the day, prayers for the dead rang out over loudspeakers. Residents, their heads bowed, could be seen walking solemnly through Yen Thanh’s rain-soaked streets….
Shipment found at Hanoi airport is one of the biggest wildlife trafficking cases in south-east AsiaMore than 125kg of smuggled rhino horns have been seized in Vietnam in one of the biggest wildlife trafficking cases ever seen in south-east Asia.The hor…
Van Kham Chau, 70, has been held for six months on treason charges and denied a lawyerHuman rights groups and relatives have expressed concern for the wellbeing of a 70-year-old Australian citizen who has been imprisoned in Vietnam for six months witho…