No Anzac Day ceremony at Vietnam’s Long Tan memorial this year
There will be no ANZAC day ceremony at the Long Tan memorial in Vietnam this year, after the Vietnamese government cancelled last year’s 50th anniversary plans last minute. Australia’s department…
World’s biggest cave and one of Vietnam’s natural wonders, under threat
A petition to save the world’s largest cave from a proposed cable car has garnered over 25,000 signatures online. The Hong Son Doong cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park…
Vietnam’s president orders police to speed up probes into child sexual abuse
Hanoi authorities have been urged to speed up their investigation into a case of child sexual abuse involving seven children. The demands follow multiple media reports that stirred up public…
Hỏi và giải đáp 217: Tuổi già nguội lạnh?
TL góp ý với em X, một nữ độc giả trẻ đang ưu tư về chuyện tình của… cha mẹ – một việc mà em gọi là ‘mưa dưới đất…
Vietnamese workers protest in Taipei against Formosa plant spill
A large crowd of Vietnamese workers in Taiwan’s capital have gathered outside the Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office, calling for the Taiwanese based company Formosa Plastics to cease operations in…
Vietnam seizes 100kgs of rhino horn from Kenya
Vietnamese authorities have seized more than 100 kilograms of rhino horns at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport. The illegal cargo was allegedly smuggled into the country in suitcases from Nairobi,…
Vietnamese human trafficking victims disappear from care
Two Vietnamese victims of human trafficking in the United Kingdom have gone missing without a trace. Tang Chien Dang and Thang Vu Tan, believed to be around the age of…
Vietnam targets YouTube ads in campaign against dissent
Some of Vietnam‘s biggest firms have suspended YouTube advertising as the communist country steps up a campaign against online dissent, which has also targeted global brands such as Unilever and…
Grab expands its engineering team to India and Vietnam
Southeast Asian ride sharing operator Grab, is ramping up its engineering efforts by opening two new development centres in India and Vietnam. The main rival to Uber also plans to…
Vietnam’s major cities rank low in global quality of life
Vietnam’s major cities have flunked a global quality of life ranking. Both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are at the lower end of the Mercer Quality of Living grade.…
