Garbage everywhere in Hanoi as protestors block road to dump
With the road leading to Hanoi’s largest waste treatment plant blocked by protestors demanding compensation and resettlement, garbage is piling up around the city.
Banks maintain profit growth but bad debts rise
Most banks reported profit growth in the first nine months, but bad debts posted a double-digit rise due to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Storm Molave enters East Sea, heads for central Vietnam
Storm Molave entered the East Sea Monday morning and is expected to pack winds of 150 kph before making landfall near Da Nang in the next few days.
Is the global supply chain really heading to Vietnam ?
As the US seeks to decouple from China, is Vietnam becoming the world’s next factory floor ? Vietnam, a frontier market in Southeast Asia, is often named as one of the biggest winners in the US-China trade dispute
American jailed for attempt to overthrow Vietnam government back in California
A U.S. 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 California, a family spokesman told Reuters on Monday.
Yoshihide Suga’s official trip: What does he expect from Vietnam and Indonesia ?
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s certainly understands the political importance of continuity, especially in Southeast Asia. Suga making a first stop in Hanoi, Vietnam and his second visit in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Vietnam’s state-owned railway system reports loss of over $1mn due to flooding
Vietnam Railways (VNR), the state-owned operator of the railway system in Vietnam, incurred a loss of nearly VND27 billion (US$1.16 million) between October 7 and now, when heavy rain lashed the country’s central region, leading to flash floods and landslides.…
Saigon vulnerability to flooding worsens
HCMC’s flooding problem was exacerbated in the first nine months this year, with an additional 18 routes getting inundated during heavy rains.
Vietnam: Asean Smart Cities is the way forward to the future
The Asean Smart Cities Network High-Level Forum 2020 kicked off in Hanoi with the aim of promoting the sharing of initiatives, experiences and co-operation between Vietnamese cities and their urban counterparts throughout the region.
She was in labor. Floodwaters were rising. Then the boat tipped over.
A pregnant woman who drowned in Vietnam was one of at least 114 people killed in record-breaking floods that have pummeled the country’s central coast.
Facebook touts free speech. In Vietnam, it’s aiding in censorship
For months, Bui Van Thuan, a chemistry teacher turned crusading blogger in Vietnam, published one scathing Facebook post after another on a land dispute between villagers and the communist government.
Prime Minister Suga’s maiden foreign visit : Why is Vietnam so important for Japan ?
Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga’s recent trip to the Southeast Asian nations of Vietnam and Indonesia was his first overseas visit after taking over as Prime Minister from the previous incumbent, Shinzo Abe.
Vietnam to sign emissions reduction purchase agreement
Vietnam will be the fifth partner in the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) and the first in the Asia-Pacific region to sign an Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement (ERPA), according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hà Công Tuấn.
Catastrophic floods hit Vietnam and Cambodia, killing at least 132 people
Hundreds of thousands of homes are submerged and at least 132 people have been killed as some of the worst flooding in decades hits Vietnam and Cambodia, affecting more than 5 million people.
Vietnam is fighting Covid without pitting economic growth against public health
My country seemed to have all the ingredients for a coronavirus disaster, so what has it done right ?
Japan to export defense tech to Vietnam under new agreement
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, in his first overseas summit since taking office last month, agreed with his Vietnamese counterpart to step up defense and security cooperation in the face of China’s expanding influence in the region.
Vietnam’s war against COVID-19
Vietnam’s campaign against COVID-19 is infused with military imagery, playing into existing strands of national identity.
Vietnam floods and landslides displace 90,000 people as new cyclone nears
More than 100 so far reported dead or missing after two storms destroy homes and leave trail of destruction
Vietnam among top countries of sex ratio imbalance at birth
As Vietnam is listed among three countries with the highest rate of sex ratio imbalance at birth, local authorities are making efforts to raise public awareness and tighten regulations to shorten the gap.
Vietnam readies to open tourism
Vietnam is priming its tourism reopening strategy with the launch of a CNN International television commercial inviting travellers to consider Vietnam for their first holidays post Covid-19.
Vietnam : Devastating landslides hit army camp
Heavy flooding and landslides have hit central Vietnam for more than a week. Rescue workers faced a dangerous situation, after 13 of them died trying to reach those trapped in the mud.
Vietnam cancels 2020 F1 race due to COVID-19 pandemic
Vietnam’s first Formula One grand prix has been officially cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Friday.
In Vietnam, crystal meth abusers find their place in secret karaoke bars
Methamphetamine – commonly known as crystal meth – addicts are well aware of extremely high dangers of shocks, brain damage or bone depletion. However, they may still burn money for this toxic thing in a secret meth fortress.
Train for Hanoi’s 2nd metro route arrives in Hai Phong port
The first train for Hanoi’s second metro line, the Nhon-Hanoi Railway Station route, arrived in the port city of Hai Phong Sunday morning.
Vietnam opens 450 MW solar plant
Ho Chi Minh City-based construction company Trungnam Group said its army of laborers took just 45 days to perform site clearance for a project which took shape within 102 days.
Landslide hits Vietnam army barracks, 22 soldiers missing
Landslide in Quang Tri province comes days after another mudslide killed 13, mostly soldiers, in neighbouring region.