‘They challenged the Communist monopoly’: Vietnam regime turns on its climate champions
NGO leaders and technical experts who helped secure western aid for official shift to clean energy are being locked up now that they are no longer needed.
Heavy rain to continue in flooded central region
Torrential rains will continue ravaging Vietnam’s central region, which has suffered floods triggered by heavy downpours for the past two days, due to a low-pressure area in the East Sea.
Vietnam cites child safety in calls for greater social media censorship used to stifle dissent
Vietnamese authorities announced last week the results of a monthslong investigation into TikTok, finding that the social media platform’s censorship processes failed to filter out content that violates Vietnamese laws.
Vietnam lawmakers expect country to miss 2023 GDP growth target
Vietnam is expected to miss this year’s economic growth target, the country’s lawmaking body said on Monday.
Public square set for HCMC’s Ben Thanh Market
A plan has been approved to spend VND157 billion (US$6.42 million) on building a public square in front of Ben Thanh Market in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City.
No excuses for Asian Games failure
Duong Duc Thuy, Vietnam’s former national athletics division head, says that inconsistency, improper distribution of funding and a lack of professionalism caused Vietnamese athletes to fail at the Asian Games.
Hundreds of thousands of students stay home in central Vietnam over heavy downpours
Hundreds of thousands of students in several central Vietnam localities stayed home on Friday due to long-lasting rains causing widespread flooding.
Energy among key pillars of Vietnam – Russia cooperative relations
Vietnam and Russia have signed two important agreements in the field of geological exploration, and oil and gas exploitation.
Vietnam : Why climate activism can be a risky business
The politics of climate change in Vietnam’s authoritarian system has led to climate activists being arrested and imprisoned.
Vietnam automaker sends EVs to Laos for electric taxi service
Vietnamese automaker VinFast on Friday sent 150 cars to neighboring Laos for the launch of an electric taxi service, months after starting a similar scheme at home.
Vietnam-aligned hackers attempted to hack US lawmakers and journalists
Hackers aligned with Vietnam tried to use social media platforms X and Facebook to install spyware on the phones of dozens of high-profile targets, including US lawmakers, United Nations officials and CNN journalists, Amnesty International said Monday.
China’s Xi Jinping could visit Vietnam soon
The visit, which could take place later this month or early next, would come after U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Hanoi last month.
Vietnam’s poor Asian Games performance predictable
Vietnam’s director of the department of physical education and sports says the beatings his country’s squads took from other Southeast Asian teams at last week’s Asian Games was to be expected.
Vietnam accused of Predator spyware attack on EU and US politicians
Awkward, seeing as the US and Vietnam just announced a refreshed relationship.
Vietnamese citizens in Israel remain safe amid severe conflict
Vietnamese citizens, including the Vietnamese community, officials on business trips and tourists to Israel, have remained safe amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas militants that caused hundreds of casualties in recent days, according to the Ministry of Foreign…
Social media giants remove false advertisements, fake news in Vietnam
Social media giants Facebook, Google, TikTok and Netflix removed thousands of « offensive » and « false » posts in Vientam at the request of the government.
Vietnam proposes prohibiting TikTok accounts for kids
Vietnamese authorities have proposed banning children under 13 from using TikTok along a string of suggested screen time restrictions to be imposed on those under 18.
VinFast revenues jump on EV sales to Vietnam affiliate
Vietnamese electric car maker VinFast said on Thursday its third-quarter revenue more than doubled with the largest share of its sales going to an affiliate company owned by its founder.
Can Vietnam help america counter China ?
In the weeks since U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to Hanoi to announce a “comprehensive strategic partnership” with Vietnam, many commentators have described it as a historic turning point in U.S.-Vietnamese relations.
China, Vietnam prepare for possible Xi visit to Hanoi in next month
Vietnamese and Chinese officials are preparing for a possible visit from President Xi Jinping to Hanoi at the end of October or early November, on the heels of U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip in September, four people familiar with the…
Selfishness kills my Vietnamese dream
I am French and met my Vietnamese wife more than a decade ago and when it became serious between us, we agreed that we would live in Vietnam (without a plan to return to France).
Vietnam’s largest rare earth mine to open
A rare earth mine in northern Lai Chau Province spanning over 132 ha, the largest of its kind in Vietnam, will finally be mined 10 years after gaining approval.
Vietnam sees no gas from Exxon, Gazprom projects for years
Vietnam expects further years-long delays before offshore blocks being developed by U.S. major Exxon Mobil and Russia’s Gazprom will be producing gas, according to a draft government document seen by Reuters.
Vietnam : Sentencing of environmental rights defender Hoang Thi Minh Hong
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Vietnam.
6,000 workers strike at Taiwanese footwear maker
Some 6,000 employees of Taiwanese footwear maker Viet Glory in the central province of Nghe An gathered at the company’s gates for over an hour on Tuesday before leaving without working.
HCMC confirms 5th monkeypox case
A 22-year-old man in Ho Chi Minh City has been confirmed to have monkeypox, making him the fifth case in the city and the sixth in Vietnam.