カテゴリー: Vietnam
Territorial confrontations are rising between China and a host of other nations in waters that are key to global trade. Here is a map and guide to the region, showing why its fate mattersThe South China Sea is one of the world’s most economically impor…
Nguyen Phu Trong was one of the country’s longest-serving politicians and known for anti-corruption driveNguyen Phu Trong, the general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist party and the country’s most powerful politician, has died aged 80, creating …
Bodies of three men and three women, two of whom were US citizens, discovered in locked suite at Grand Hyatt ErawanSix people have been found dead at a luxury hotel in central Bangkok, in what authorities say could be a case of poisoning.The bodies of …
Dutch politician has long been considered to be frontrunner for rolePutin arrives in Vietnam for state visit condemned by USSouth Korea’s presidential office has condemned an agreement reached by Russia and North Korea that vowed mutual defence assista…
Russian president’s trip comes after he signed mutual defence pact with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-unAnalysis: Putin and Kim quiet on details of mutual aid agreementVladimir Putin has arrived in Vietnam for talks with its communist leaders on the f…
People across Ukraine have united in the face of the Russian threat and its Vietnamese community is no exceptionWhen Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago, Tung Nguyen drove his parents from their home, in the city of Chernihiv, to the border with Polan…
Suspected North Korean balloons carrying faeces are latest example of dung or human waste being used in conflictSouth Koreans faced a different type of retaliation this week when more than 150 white balloons were allegedly floated across the border by …
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…
Vo 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…
Human 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…
According 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…
NGO 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…
Ngo 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…
Women 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 …
Hong’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…