Australia detains 15 Vietnamese fishermen accused of illegal poaching
Australian authorities have apprehended a Vietnamese fishing vessel and its crew of 15, suspected of illegally fishing off the coast of Queensland. According to The Courier-Mail, the Australian Border Force…
Fury in Vietnam over United passenger dragged from plane
Outrage has spread to Vietnam over United Airlines’ handling of a passenger dragged from his seat after it emerged that the 69-year-old US doctor was Vietnamese by birth. Although United…
Hỏi và giải đáp 228: ‘Ế chồng’ hay ‘kén chồng’?
TL đã nhận được thư của cháu X, một cô gái tự nhận ‘sắp hết thời’ và đang ‘vừa sốt vó vừa nghi ngại’ trước việc lấy chồng. Xin đăng…
Vietnam govt to prosecute Formosa protesters, toughening stance
HANOI – Vietnam‘s government said on Monday it would prosecute protesters who last week blocked the country’s main highway, taking a tougher stance against a string of protests over the…
Hỏi và giải đáp 227: Đứa con hoang đàng (2)
Sau khi góp ý kiến với bà V trên trang TTBĐ (Đứa con hoang đàng), TL nhận được thư của bà Kim Đ., một nữ độc giả ở Sydney đã…
Sriracha sauce finally stocks in Vietnam
The infamous chilli sauce created by a Vietnamese refugee to the United States over 30 years ago, is finally available on Vietnam’s supermarket shelves. The Siracha brand chilli sauce, made…
Detained Vietnamese human rights lawyer awarded German prize
Detained human rights lawyer and activist Nguyen Van Dai has received an award from Germany for his work. According to Radio Free Asia’s Vietnamese Service, the human rights award is…
Hỏi và giải đáp 226: Chỉ sanh một đứa con?
Tuần này TL trả lời thư em P, một người mẹ đang phân vân trước ý định sanh thêm đứa con thứ hai. Nguyên văn thư như sau: Kính gởi…
Formosa Vietnam steel mill meets conditions for test runs a year after spill
HANOI – Formosa Plastics Corp’s steel mill in Vietnam has met environment ministry conditions to start test runs, state television said on Wednesday, a year after a toxic spill from the…
Anger burns on Vietnam’s poisoned coast a year after spill
QUANG TRI – “The big fish are all dead,” complained 50 year-old Mai Xuan Hoa, picking small fish from a net as he tried to rebuild his livelihood a year…