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Thaw Nandar Aung, AKA Han Lay, feared being sent home after she was stopped at Thai border last weekA Myanmar fashion model who was denied entry to Thailand and feared arrest by the military government in Yangon if she was forced back home from exile h…
Read MoreLetter from Goldman prize winners aims to block country’s bid to join UN’s human rights council over its jailing of campaignersMore than 50 winners of the world’s most prestigious environmental prize are calling on the UN to reject a bid by Vietnam to …
Read MoreOnly Singapore has imposed sanctions, while others have been receptive to Moscow’s offers of friendshipRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesThe head of Myanmar’s military junta beamed with joy as he shook hands with Vladimir Putin this week. “We would ca…
Read MoreBlaze engulfed bar near Ho Chi Minh City, trapping people inside and forcing some to jump from the second-floor buildingThe death toll from a fire that tore through a karaoke bar in southern Vietnam has risen to 32, state media have said.The blaze engu…
Read MoreSpeakers to be installed across capital for daily pronouncements as government’s plan labelled ‘archaic and redundant’Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi is famous for its noise pollution, with the sound of vehicles driving, horns blasting, construction hammeri…
Read MorePhuc, pictured in 1972 running from napalm attack during Vietnam war, has final laser treatment in MiamiPhan Thi Kim Phuc, whose photograph became a symbol of the horrors of the Vietnam war, has had her final skin treatment with a burn specialist, 50 y…
Read MoreHurling, camogie and other sports have pushed into places like Thailand and Vietnam, where players find them inclusiveIn a floodlit field, 20 women run the length of a pitch kicking, bouncing and passing the ball in a game of Gaelic football. Sweating …
Read MoreAward-winning founder of green development centre was arrested on tax evasion charges in FebruaryThe US government has said it is “deeply concerned” by the sentencing of the Vietnamese environmental advocate and activist Nguy Thi Khanh and called on Vi…
Read MoreFugitive Vietnamese state company official Trinh Xuan Thanh was abducted from Berlin park in July 2017A Vietnamese man has been extradited to Germany to face charges of taking part in a brazen cold war-style kidnapping of an oil executive ordered by Ha…
Read MoreMy twin brother, Robert Ashe, who has died aged 69 of pancreatic cancer just five weeks after diagnosis, spent most of his working life supporting refugees in south-east Asia, including on the Thailand-Cambodia border, where he helped people to flee Ca…
Read MoreHo Hoang Hung set off with no navigation system after spending two years apart because of Covid restrictionsA Vietnamese man who tried to row 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles) from Thailand to India to see his wife has been taken into custody after being …
Read MoreTwo children are among four people missing after the boat capsized as it was returning to Hội AnAt least 13 people were killed and four others are missing after a tourist boat capsized on Saturday in bad weather off the coast of Hội An, a world heritag…
Read MoreThis blog is now closedPolice rescue Keir Starmer from protesters; Sweden move comes as country plans to remove Omicron restrictions on WednesdayHow did Ottawa rallies against vaccine mandates begin and what’s next?Harm to AstraZeneca jab’s reputation …
Read MoreThousands of monks and disciples accompany coffin of Zen master and peace activist in processionA funeral has been held for the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, a week after the renowned Zen master and peace activist died at the age of 95 in H…
Read MoreReport by the World Wildlife Fund also identifies new reptiles, fish and plants in the region of southeast AsiaA monkey with ghostly white circles around its eyes is among 224 new species listed in the World Wildlife Fund’s latest update on the greater…
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