カテゴリー: Vietnam
US president issues scathing view of Chinese counterpart’s motivations amid escalating trade war with Beijing Xi Jinping’s tour of south-east Asia this week is probably intended to “screw” the United States, Donald Trump has suggested, as Xi embarks on…
Xi Jinping expected to present China as reliable partner in contrast to US, which imposed – then suspended – tariffs over 40% on some countriesUS politics live – latest updatesThe Chinese president, Xi Jinping, warned there would be “no winners” in a t…
President’s first stop is Vietnam as China urges US to end trade war and return to ‘right path of mutual respect’The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, will visit Vietnam on Monday as he begins a tour of south-east Asia where he will seek to strengthen tie…
One version of Baby Three doll appears to bear a mark resembling the shape of the ocean border on which China bases its illegitimate claim to most of the South China SeaRegional tensions over the South China Sea have tanked the sales of a popular child…
US funding provides humanitarian assistance to a region vulnerable to natural disasters and support for pro-democracy activists battling repressive regimesTrump’s executive order halting US foreign aid funding flows for 90 days for review has caused gl…
No evidence of physical trauma on Greta Marie Otteson and Arno Els Quinton, who were found in separate rooms The bodies of a British woman and her fiance have been discovered in separate rooms at a tourist villa in Vietnam, police said.The victims were…
Social media users will need to verify their identities under new decree 147, prompting fears it will undermine expression and expose anonymous dissidentsSocial media users in Vietnam on platforms including Facebook and TikTok will need to verify their…
Truong My Lan must repay three-quarters of $12bn she embezzled from bank in a case that shocked the countryThe Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has lost her appeal against the death penalty for masterminding a multibillion-dollar fraud scandal …
Upgraded Triton Island outpost in the Paracel archipelago expands China’s surveillance capabilities in the regionThe Chinese military is constructing a new counter-stealth radar system on a disputed reef in the South China Sea that would significantly …
The H5N1 virus killed 47 tigers, three lions and a panther at the My Quynh safari park and the Vuon Xoai zoo, according to state mediaForty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus, state…
Residents of capital evacuated and school students told to stay at home while entire village reportedly buried by landslide in northern VietnamThousands of residents of Vietnam’s capital living close to the swollen Red River have been evacuated as its …
The bridge in Vietnam collapsed as more rain fell following Typhoon Yagi, which has caused dozens of deaths in the south-east Asian country. Reports said 10 cars and trucks along with two motorbikes fell into the river and while three people were pulle…
At least 24 people have been killed and hundreds of others injured after the most powerful storm so far this year in Asia made landfall in north-east Vietnam. Typhoon Yagi triggered deadly landslides and floods, and on Monday the Vietnamese authorities…
Weather agency warns of more floods and landslides after at least 49 people killed with 22 missingTyphoon Yagi and the landslides and floods it triggered have killed dozens of people in Vietnam, the government said, as authorities on Monday warned of m…