カテゴリー: Vietnam
USS Higgins and USS Cincinnati sailed near Scarborough Shoal after Chinese tried to drive away Philippine vesselThe US has briefly deployed two warships in a disputed South China Sea shoal where two Chinese ships collided earlier in the week while tryi…
White House denies suggestions resort in Vietnam presents conflict of interest amid row over compensation ratesVillagers whose farms in Vietnam will be bulldozed to make way for a $1.5bn golf resort backed by the Trump family have reportedly been offer…
A tourist boat capsized during a thunderstorm in Vietnam on Saturday afternoon, killing at least 30 people and leaving several missing. The Wonder Sea boat was carrying about 50 people on a sightseeing the tour of Ha Long Bay, state media reported. A s…
Rescue workers save 12 people with seven still missing after vessel overturns during sudden thunderstormA tourist boat capsized during a sudden thunderstorm in Vietnam on Saturday afternoon, killing 38 people and leaving seven others missing.The Wonder…
Deportees include two people from Myanmar, two from Cuba, and one each from Vietnam, Laos and MexicoWar-torn South Sudan has said it is holding a group of eight men controversially deported from the United States.Only one of them is from South Sudan. T…
US exports account for third of Vietnam’s GDP and 40% tariff on so-called transshipments – products with Chinese input – means uncertainty for manufacturersAs news spread that Vietnam would become just the second nation to reach an initial tariff agree…
Authorities seek to increase number of births amid fear ageing society could threaten economic growth plansVietnam has scrapped a longstanding policy limiting families to two children, as the communist-run country grapples with a declining birthrate.St…
Media quoted unnamed distributors who said they could not obtain copies of the magazine or that it had been bannedThe latest print edition of the Economist, which features Vietnam’s top leader on its cover, has been banned in the country, the latest in…
French president denies quarrelling with Brigitte Macron after footage is seized on by Russia and far-right accountsEmmanuel Macron has denied he and his wife, Brigitte, had an altercation after a viral video promoted by Russian state media and French …
Footage shows moment Brigitte Macron apparently shoves the French president away as they touched down in Hanoi for a state visit. He later played down the incident and told reporters in Hanoi they were ‘joking about’ Continue reading…
Immigrant rights advocates say White House violated court order and ask judge to order nearly a dozen people’s returnImmigrant rights advocates have accused the Trump administration of deporting about a dozen migrants from countries including Myanmar a…
1 May 1975: The South Vietnamese government unconditionally surrenders to communist forcesThe 30 years old Vietnam war is over. The Saigon government today unconditionally surrendered to communist forces, ordering its soldiers to hand over their weapon…
Thousands gather to see parade featuring marching troops and an air show of Russian-made fighter jets and helicoptersThousands of Vietnamese people have celebrated the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam war, in what the country’s communist lead…
Xuan Phuong, a war correspondent who is now 96, recalls her entry into the city after South Vietnam’s surrender The day that Saigon fell, Xuan Phuong, a war correspondent, could only hear shouting and commotion. It was 30 April 1975, and helicopters we…
On the anniversary of Liberation Day, members of Australia’s Vietnamese community look back at the sacrifices made in pursuit of ‘a good life’“It’s like the world collapsed,” says Thi Xa Nguyen, looking back 50 years to the fall of Saigon.She was livin…