Vietnam threatens to shut down Facebook over censorship requests: source
HANOI – Vietnam has threatened to shut down Facebook in the country if it does not bow to government pressure to censor more local political content on its platform, a…
Vietnam braces for Typhoon Vamco, 53 dead in Philippines
HANOI/MANILA – Vietnam is bracing for Typhoon Vamco to make landfall in the country’s central coast early on Sunday, as the death toll in the Philippines rose to 53 from that country’s…
Pompeo wraps up Asia tour in Vietnam following prisoner release
HANOI – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has wound up a visit to Asia in Vietnam after a tour marked by his repeated calls for help for the United…
Vietnam tackles typhoon’s tragic aftermath as new storm threatens region
HANOI – Rescue teams in central Vietnam are searching for bodies following a series of deadly landslides triggered by Typhoon Molave, as yet another powerful storm edged slowly towards a country…
Vietnam PM urges Trump to take objective view in trade dispute
HANOI – Vietnam‘s prime minister has said the country’s exchange rate policy was not aimed at helping its exports and asked that US President Donald Trump have “a more objective assessment…
American jailed for attempt to overthrow Vietnam govt back in California
HANOI – A US citizen sentenced last year to 12 years in a Vietnamese jail for “attempting to overthrow the state”, has been released and returned to his home in…
With eye on China, Japan’s Suga seeks tighter ties with Vietnam, Indonesia
TOKYO – Japan’s new leader will aim to beef up security ties when he visits Vietnam and Indonesia next week amid concerns about Beijing’s growing assertiveness, but he is likely…
Vietnam rescuers find all 13 bodies from two deadly landslides
HANOI – Vietnamese rescuers have recovered the bodies of all 13 soldiers from the site of two deadly landslides, three days after the disaster near a remote hydropower dam. Helicopters,…
Vietnam flood death toll rises to 23 as storm Nangka to dump more rain
HANOI – Vietnam‘s flood death toll has risen to at least 23 and authorities have said the incoming storm Nangka would dump more heavy rain on the country in the coming…
Vietnam detains activist hours after human rights meeting with US
HANOI – Vietnam has arrested a prominent blogger and dissident for “anti-state activities” hours after its government held annual talks on human rights with the United States, which said it…
