Tag: Vietnam
Vietnam to Switch from Firing Squads to Lethal Injection
Vietnam will begin on Friday to carry out the death penalty by lethal injection instead of firing squad. Legislators looking for a more humane method [more…]
Death toll in Vietnam reaches 17 in aftermath of tropical storm
Hanoi – Vietnamese authorities recovered the body of a man swept away by floods last week, bringing the death toll from Tropical Storm Haima to [more…]
100 Star Cruise passengers suffer apparent food poisoning
About 100 people came down with food poisoning symptoms early Wednesday morning during a six-day cruise to Ho Chi Minh City and Redang Island. The [more…]
Vietnam Mounts Artillery Drill Amid Tensions With China
Vietnam’s navy has conducted live-fire artillery drills off the country’s central coast following increased tensions with China over control in the South China Sea. The [more…]
China Irritates Neighbors as Tensions Rise in South China Sea
Tensions in the South China Sea over territorial disputes are rising once again with China clashing with Vietnam and the Philippines recently. The disputes come [more…]
Vietnamese vegetarian killed in apparent suicide in Nonthaburi
Nonthaburi – A Vietnamese vegetarian was killed Monday morning in apparent suicide when he fell from his room of a residential building in side the [more…]
Thailand-Cambodia Biz amid Tension
As the Thai-Cambodian border skirmishes have erupted intermittently, critics warned that Thailand might lose the market share in many kinds of goods in Cambodia to [more…]
Rising infections in Thailand could mean bird flu threat here
Bird flu could return to Thailand after the number of patients infected with avian influenza in neighbouring countries, including Vietnam and Cambodia, drastically increased over [more…]