a year agoVietnam tycoon sentenced to death in $12 billion fraud case, state media reports
a year agoAnother cargo vessel has been targeted and hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen. The Greek-owned bulk carrier MT Zografia with 24 crew on board was sailing empty of cargo from Vietnam to Israel, no one was injured.
a year agoTwin seat Vietnam People’s Air Force Su-22UM crashed in Quang Nam Province, south of their base in Da Nang. Both crew ejected safely. Photos from witnesses on site
a year ago The Philippines has approached neighbours such as Malaysia and Vietnam to discuss a separate code of conduct regarding the South China Sea, its president said on Monday
a year agoTwo South Koreans among 18 sentenced to death in Vietnam drug bust: state media
2 years agoEarthquake of magnitude 4.6 - Vietnam
2 years agoAt least 30 people have been killed in a fire at an apartment block in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, among them children, local media reported
2 years agoPOLITICO: The Biden administration signs a strategic partnership deal with Vietnam, the latest attempt to confront China in the region
2 years agoJia Geng, another Chinese research vessel, entered Vietnam's Exclusive Economic Zone in the South China Sea
3 years agoVietnam karaoke bar fire kills at least 12
3 years ago Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 43 km NNE of Kon Tum, Vietnam
3 years ago Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 45 km NNE of Kon Tum, Vietnam
3 years agoIran frees seized Vietnamese tanker after US Navy confrontation. The IRGC claimed to have thwarted an attempt by the US Navy to "steal" Iranian oil in October. TankerTrackers, based on satellite imagery, said Iran has held onto the vessel's oil cargo worth $50m
3 years agoVietnam asks Iran for an official explanation about the detention of its oil tanker at gunpoint
3 years agoUS Special Operation Command C146A Wolfhound inbound Pattaya Thailand from Da Nang Vietnam
4 years agoIran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian tweets that he met with his counterparts from India, Luxembourg, Vietnam, and Finland today
4 years ago "We of course take any reported incident of Havana Syndrome seriously" says @PressSec answering a question about the delay for @VP in arriving in Vietnam. She does not confirm the possible cases involve two US Embassy staffers
4 years agoAt least two U.S. diplomats will be medevacked out of Vietnam after Havana Syndrome incidents over the weekend in Hanoi, Vietnam ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris' arrival
4 years ago US Embassy in Hanoi says the Vice President's traveling delegation was delayed from departing Singapore because VPs office was made aware of a report of a recent possible anomalous health incident in Hanoi. Anomalous health incident is what the USG calls Havana Syndrome
4 years agoHanoi man captured for allegedly murdering creditor, dismembering victim's body
4 years ago US Department of State: Very troubling that Vietnamese authorities in the Central Highlands recently conducted coordinated raids on house churches, detaining nearly two dozen ethnic minority Christians. We urge Vietnam to cease this harassment and intimidation and allow everyone to practice their faith
4 years agoVietnam reports 2,367 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase on record, and 7 new deaths
4 years ago .@POTUS says he sees "zero" similarities between Afghanistan & US pullout from Vietnam. "There's going to be no circumstance where your going to see ppl being lifted off a roof of an embassy of the United States from Afghanistan"
4 years agoSoutheast Asian Games in Vietnam postponed over virus fears: Games official
4 years ago Vietnam to impose 15 days of widespread curbs in Ho Chi Minh City from Friday - an effective lockdown
4 years ago Dominic Raab:Just landed in Vietnam at the start of a visit to South-East Asia visit to discuss the UK's Indo-Pacific tilt. Looking forward to discussing trade, security and tackling challenges such as climate change, COVID19 & serious organised crime
4 years ago Vietnam: HCM City tightens preventive measures amidst Covid19 spread, will from Sunday suspend taxi services, in-city public buses and inter-provincial buses
4 years ago HANOI: Vietnam widened lockdown measures in its industrialised north on Tuesday to combat its biggest Covid-19 outbreak so far, as authorities reported a daily record in new cases that was more than double the previous high
4 years agoChinese President Xi Jinping on Monday had a phone talk with Vietnamese President Npersonen Xuan Phuc and said China stands ready to make active efforts with Vietnam to build the two countries into a community with a shared future that bears strategic significance.
4 years agoUS Navy denies Beijing's claim USS Curtis Wilbur "expelled" from waters near Paracel Islands in the South China Sea
