Vietnam
15 Apr
Tech giant Apple said Monday it would increase spending on suppliers in Vietnam, a key production hub, as CEO Tim Cook arrived in the country for a two-day visit.
12 Apr
Truong My Lan, a Vietnamese real estate tycoon, was sentenced to death on Thursday for her role in a financial fraud case, in a major display of the ruling Communist Party’s resolve to crack down on corruption.
11 Apr
A top Vietnamese property tycoon was sentenced to death on Thursday in one of the biggest corruption cases in history, with an estimated $27 billion in damages.
20 Mar
Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong has resigned after just one year in the job, state media announced Wednesday, as the communist country mounts a sweeping anti-graft purge. The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) said Thuong was guilty of "violations and shortcomings" and his resignation was accepted by the party's central committee. The 53-year-old's dramatic fall comes…
20 Jan
Vietnam has jailed nearly 100 people on terrorism charges over shooting attacks last year on police headquarters in the country's Central Highlands that left nine people dead, state media said Saturday.
21 Dec
Vietnamese police arrested a deputy trade minister over graft allegations on Thursday, with the country's communist authorities stepping up a crackdown on corruption. Do Thang Hai, 60, a deputy minister of industry and trade since 2017, was taken into custody and was under investigation for his alleged involvement in wrongdoing at an oil trading company,…
3 Nov
More than 40 dogs, including a litter of 10-day-old puppies, were set free from a slaughterhouse in Vietnam on Friday after its owner quit the dog meat trade.
31 Oct
Three people died after days of heavy rain in central and north Vietnam that flooded homes and submerged roads, disaster management authorities said Tuesday.
13 Sep 2023
Dozens of people died in a fire at an apartment block in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, state media said Wednesday, with witnesses reporting screams from inside and a small boy thrown from the building. The fire started just before midnight on Tuesday (1700 GMT) in the parking floor of the 10-storey building, an area packed with…
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