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latest news & developments
First bodies of UK truck victims arrive in Vietnam for burial
The bodies of 31 men and eight women were discovered in a refrigerated lorry in an industrial state in Essex, east of London, on October 23.
Immigration visa row in Vietnam
A South African official has found herself in trouble after denying a visa to a would-be teacher, despite the application being riddled with errors
Kim arrives in Hanoi for nuclear summit with Trump
The normally sleepy Vietnamese border station of Dong Dang spruced itself up for Kim’s arrival after the leader’s 4 000km odyssey through China
Why Vietnam for the second Trump-Kim summit?
Hanoi enjoys friendly ties with both countries and is considered ‘neutral’ territory
More than 70 killed in Vietnam floods
Rain continued to lash Vietnam on Tuesday as the official death toll climbed to 74 after more than a week of heavy downpours.
Airline, casino builder target Vietnam’s skies and beaches
An Australian low-cost airline and a Canadian luxury resort and casino developer have launched two ambitious projects that aim to revolutionise Vietnam’s fast-growing tourism…
Vietnam reports ‘UFO’ explosion off Cambodia coast
An unidentified flying object exploded in mid-air over a southern Vietnamese island, state media said on Wednesday, a day after Cambodia’s air force retracted a report of a…
Burma going ‘downhill on all fronts’, says US
Burma is going ”downhill on all fronts”, a senior United States diplomat said during a visit to Vietnam on Monday, urging regional neighbours to pressure the junta running the…
Vietnam seeks regional help as storm Hagibis nears
Vietnam has asked nearby countries to give shelter to thousands of its fishermen from a tropical storm now nearing the Spratly archipelago in the South China Sea, the government…
Tourists trapped in flooded Vietnam
New floods triggered by heavy rains in central Vietnam have claimed 11 more deaths and paralysed traffic, trapping thousands of tourists in popular resort areas, officials and…
Flooded Vietnam fears approaching typhoon
Floods have killed at least 46 people in central Vietnam in the past 10 days, and a typhoon making its way across the South China Sea is forecast to dump more rain this week,…
Vietnam’s Communist Party switches to open source
Vietnam’s Communist Party plans to switch its 20 000 desktop computers nationwide to open-source software next year, avoiding problems with copyright infringement, state media…
Death toll from typhoon in Vietnam reaches 23
Floods and landslides triggered by a typhoon that struck Vietnam’s central coast earlier this week have claimed 23 lives and left nine others missing, disaster officials said on…
Typhoon Lekima kills 12 in South-east Asia
Typhoon Lekima lashed Vietnam and southern China with torrential rains and high winds, killing at least seven people, damaging hundreds of homes and disrupting air, sea and train…
Hundreds of thousands flee Typhoon Lekima
China and Vietnam evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from low-lying coastal areas on Wednesday as Typhoon Lekima lashed the region with torrential rains and heavy winds.…