LONDON – An adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who had discussed the benefits of forced contraception has quit, saying “media hysteria” about his old online posts meant he…
BAGHDAD – The top United Nations envoy to Iraq has condemned the use of hunting rifles loaded with birdshot against peaceful protesters in Baghdad and urged the government to ensure…
BANGKOK – Thailand’s army has agreed to transfer management control of 160,000 hectares of commercial land to the finance ministry in a drive to reform its business practices after a…
WASHINGTON/SEOUL – The United States is “deeply concerned” about the possible impact of a coronavirus outbreak in North Korea and is prepared to facilitate efforts by US and international organisations…
TOKYO – A woman has died from the coronavirus in Japan, the first such death in the country since the epidemic spread from China, the health minister said. Two taxi…
SINGAPORE – Airbus has unveiled a curvaceous aircraft design that blends wing and body, designed to slash carbon emissions by some 20%. The European planemaker has been carrying out flight…
SYDNEY – Australia will evacuate more than 200 of its citizens onboard a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship being held under quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama, Prime Minister Scott Morrison…
SYDNEY – Fires across Australia’s most populous state are now contained for the first time in nearly six months, authorities say, as heavy rains aid firefighters and boost some dam…
SYDNEY – Torrential rain across Australia’s east could extinguish all remaining bushfires in the country’s most populous state by the end of the week, authorities say, raising hopes a deadly…
SYDNEY – An Australian investigator who helped bring criminal cartel charges against Citigroup Inc and Deutsche Bank AG said he first heard concerns about a stock issue they worked on…
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE – Many Australians are experiencing a bittersweet break from the threat of bushfires today, with flooding rains deluging some parts of the eastern states and miners preparing for a…
SYDNEY/WELLINGTON – Australia may arrange a second evacuation flight out of China’s Wuhan city, the epicentre of the coronavirus, after a first plane load of its citizens arrived on Christmas…
HANOI – Vietnam has denied two cruise ships permission to dock due to fears of coronavirus infections on board, Vietnamese state media and a cruise operator reported. One of the ships was now…
HANOI – Vietnam has quarantined a community of 10,000 people near the capital, Hanoi, for 20 days because of fears the coronavirus could spread there, two local officials told Reuters. The rural…
HANOI – Vietnam Airlines said it was losing up to 250 billion dong ($US10.8 million) per week in revenue due to travel curbs resulting from the coronavirus. The country’s flag carrier is…
STRASBOURG/BRUSSELS – The European Union has agreed to open its markets wider to Vietnam, while closing its trade doors to Cambodia, rewarding Hanoi for its progress on labour guarantees and…
HANOI – Vietnam has confirmed another case of the new coronavirus today, bringing its total to 15, the health ministry said. The latest case is a three-month-old baby, infected by…
HANOI – Vietnam has so far this year culled tens of thousands of birds to contain an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu detected at several farms in its…
PRAGUE – Vietnam has denounced Slovakia’s expulsion of one of its diplomats in a row over the abduction of a disgraced Vietnamese businessman via Slovakia in 2017, saying it was…
DUBLIN – An Irish court has approved the extradition of one of the two Northern Irish men charged with manslaughter over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese people found in the…
SCHOLARSHIP SELECTION CRITERIA Avepa will award scholarships to the Australian students of Vietnamese origin (according to the available funds) who can best demonstrate they meet the following criteria: They have…
LONDON – A British truck driver charged with the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese nationals found dead in a truck near London last month has pleaded guilty to plotting to assist…
HANOI – The United States announced on Wednesday it will provide Vietnam with another coast guard cutter for its growing fleet of ships, boosting Hanoi’s ability to patrol the South…
HANOI – Tradition in Vietnam dictates that the dead should be buried within three days, but Nguyen Dinh Gia is still waiting for his son’s body to come home. “We…
HANOI – A court in Vietnam has sentenced a 70-year-old Vietnamese-Australian man to 12 years in prison after finding him guilty of “terrorism”, a lawyer who attended the trial told…
HANOI/LONDON – The 39 people who were found dead in the back of a refrigerated truck after being smuggled into Britain last month all came from Vietnam and have been formally identified.…
CHELMSFORD, England – A court heard on Monday that a global ring had been involved in smuggling the 39 people whose bodies were found in a truck near London, as…