カテゴリー: Vietnam
Nguyen Van Chien, 92, from Vietnam, believes it was his calling to never cut, wash or comb his hair While coronavirus lockdowns caused many men across the world to grow their hair longer than usual, none compare with Nguyen Van Chien: the 92-year-old f…
UN says getting students safely back to classroom must be ‘top priority’; France says ‘situation is precarious’; record fines for isolation breaches in AustraliaTrump on the ropes in interview over US death tollSix months on, victories remain fragileUK…
Xinjiang records 112 local transmissions; UN says millions could be forced into poverty in south-east Asia; Indonesia extends restrictionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina has recorded its highest daily total of new Covi…
First local case in three months reported over the weekend in holiday spot of Da NangCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageVietnam is on high alert and bracing for a rise in coronavirus cases, after local media reported that infec…
Nation brings in strict new measures and evacuates 80,000 people from city of DanangCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageVietnam is evacuating 80,000 people from the central city of Danang and reimposing disease-prevention measur…
Country cracking down on illegal wildlife trade after coronavirus originated in Chinese wet marketVietnam has banned all imports of wild animals, dead or alive, and announced a crackdown on illegal wildlife markets as part of efforts to reduce the risk…
Gwent police say it is Vietnam’s first prosecution of a citizen for a crime committed in UKA Vietnamese national has been jailed in his home country for killing a compatriot in south Wales 14 years ago, following an unprecedented cross-border investiga…
A British pilot who spent more than two months on life support in Vietnam after contracting the coronavirus has been discharged from hospital and has returned to the UK. Stephen Cameron, 42, was the sickest patient medics had treated during the coronav…
Stephen Cameron spent 10 weeks on a ventilator and was warned he might need a double lung transplantCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA British pilot who spent more than two months on life support in Vietnam after contracting …
As the epidemic took hold in China, many feared for its neighbours. But rapid action and clear messaging have so far contained the virusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJust months ago, much of south-east Asia appeared on the…
Chau Van Kham’s family has lost contact with him for nearly four months and fear the Australian government has ‘forgotten about him’A 70-year-old Australian democracy activist has “disappeared” inside Vietnam’s prison system: no one from his family or …
Patient may need double lung transplant and could be repatriated, say officialsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA British pilot who was critically ill with Covid-19 in Vietnam has awoken from a coma and is showing signs of im…
30 April 1970: The American Command in Vietnam confirms that it provided military support for “counter attacks against North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces”Saigon, April 29 South Vietnam admitted for the first time tonight that its troops have crossed …
7 April 1975: Flight organised by the Daily Mail sees 105 orphaned children evacuated from SaigonThe mercy airlift of 105 Vietnamese orphans landed at Heathrow Airport-London early today among growing doubts about the wisdom of future operations of a s…
Foreign secretary says call centres swamped as stranded complain of scant consular assistanceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Foreign Office is facing a massive challenge to help repatriate hundreds of thousands of Briton…