Tag: Vietnam
Vietnam Detains French-Vietnamese Professor, May Expel Him
Authorities in Vietnam on Friday detained French-Vietnamese professor Pham Minh Hoang, according to his wife, who said the former political prisoner is likely to be [Read More…]
Vietnam Farmers Free 15 Police Detained Amid Land Clash
Farmers involved in a land dispute in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi freed 15 riot police Tuesday held in the aftermath of a clash with authorities over [Read More…]
Vietnam Jails Online Graft Whistleblower for Bribery
A court in Vietnam sentenced a prominent online whistleblower to nearly five years in prison Monday for bribery, according to his lawyer, who called the [Read More…]
Catholic Priests in Central Vietnam Still Harassed by Plainclothes Cops
Plainclothes police in the central Vietnamese city of Hue blocked a group of Roman Catholic priests from attending a church service on Thursday, one of [Read More…]
Dam Design and Greed May Factor Into Flood Devastation in Vietnam
The poor design and management of Vietnam’s power-generating dams are likely one of the main factors that led to recent deadly floods that inundated the [Read More…]
Death Toll From Floods in Central Coastal Vietnam Reaches 15
Severe flooding in the north and south central coastal regions of Vietnam has caused 15 deaths and more than U.S. $44 million in losses and [Read More…]
Two tonnes of ivory seized in Vietnam
PanARMENIAN.Net – Around two tonnes of ivory hidden in a timber shipment from Mozambique has been seized in Vietnam, customs authorities said Friday, October 7 [Read More…]
Vietnam Government leaders visit Bangkok
BANGKOK, 11 August 2016 (NNT) – Cabinet members from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam are visiting Thailand to celebrate 40-years of bilateral relations. Vietnam’s Deputy [Read More…]