Tag: Vietnam

Outrage in Vietnam over $8 fine for elevator sexual assault

Vietnamese citizens were outraged after a man was fined $8 for forcibly kissing a woman in an elevator, a rare public outburst in a...

Vietnam’s ‘incense village’ blazes pink ahead of lunar new year

VIETNAM: In Vietnam's "incense village", dozens are hard at work dying, drying and whittling down bamboo bark to make the fragrant sticks ahead of...

Asian Games: Vietnam beat Pakistan by 3-0 in football

JAKARTA: Vietnam beat Pakistan in its first match of Asian Games, underway in Jakarta. According to media reports, green shirts were defeated by a clear margin...

Vietnam’s Golden Bridge rests ‘in the hands of the gods’

Nestled in the forested hills of central Vietnam two giant concrete hands emerge from the trees, holding up a glimmering golden bridge crowded with...

Vietnam arrests 7 over police bombing

HANOI: Vietnamese police have arrested seven people suspected of involvement in the bombing last month of a police station in the Southeast Asian country's...

Floods and landslides kill 7, leave 12 missing in Vietnam

HANOI: Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least seven people and left 12 others missing in northern Vietnam, officials...

Floods, landslides in northern Vietnam kill 7, leave 12 missing

HANOI: Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains have killed at least seven people and left 12 missing in northern Vietnam since Saturday,...

Vietnamese human rights lawyer freed, flies to Germany: activists

HANOI: Vietnamese human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai has been freed from prison and flown to Germany, activists and a diplomat said on Friday,...

Japan, Vietnam agree on maritime safety cooperation

TOKYO: The leaders of Japan and Vietnam agreed Thursday to bolster cooperation in maritime safety and defense, and expressed shared concerns over China's growing...

Vietnam says Chinese bombers in disputed South China Sea increase tensions

  HANOI: Recent activity by China's strategic bombers in the South China Sea's Paracel Islands seriously violated Vietnam's sovereignty over the disputed territory, Vietnam's foreign...

Facebook user jailed in Vietnam for posts seen as anti-state propaganda

HANOI: Vietnam has jailed a Facebook user for 4-1/2 years over posts that “distorted” the political situation in the Southeast Asian country, a branch...

Pakistan, Vietnam agree to further strengthen bilateral ties

ISLAMABAD: The second round of the "Pakistan-Vietnam Bilateral Political Consultations" was held here on Friday. Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua led the Pakistani side, while Deputy...

China and Vietnam call for maritime disputes to be settled

HANOI: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday China and Vietnam should settle their disputes in the South China Sea through talks and move to...

Vietnam’s drag queens electrify Hanoi shaking social norms

HANOI: Makeup artist by day, cross-dresser by night, Betty is among a vanguard of Vietnamese drag queens shaking up Hanoi's nightlife, and social norms,...

Apartment fires in Vietnam kill 13, injure 27

HANOI:  A fire in a Ho Chi Minh City apartment block killed 13 people in the early hours of Friday, state media and a...

US aircraft carrier visits Vietnam amid growing military ties

HANOI: The US Navy's nuclear-powered "super-carrier" which carries over 90 aircraft, the USS Carl Vinson is making a historic visit to Vietnam as ties...

Fake a wedding: grooms and guests for hire in Vietnam

HANOI, VIETNAM: Kha’s wedding day looked perfect from the outside but she was hiding a dark secret: the 27-year-old was three months pregnant and...