Tag: #Hanoi
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US Vice President Kamala Harris visits Singapore, Vietnam in wake of Taliban rise
Vice president’s trip, set to focus on China, comes as some allies question US credibility in light of Afghanistan chaos
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Rains, Floods & Landslides Kill Over 80 in Vietnam
Rains, floods and landslides have killed over 80 in Vietnam.
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Vietnam quarantines area with 10,000 residents over coronavirus
Binh Xuyen, Vietnam, Feb 13 (AFP/APP): Villages in Vietnam with 10,000 people close to the nation’s capital were placed under quarantine on Thursday after six cases of the deadly new coronavirus were discovered there, authorities said. The locking down of the commune of Son Loi, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Hanoi, is the first…
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Vietnam ex-minister gets life sentence in bribery case
Hanoi, Dec 28 (AFP/APP): A court in Vietnam sentenced a former communications minister to life in prison Saturday for receiving millions of dollars in bribes, as the hardline administration presses its anti-graft drive against once-powerful figures in the communist state. Nguyen Bac Son was charged alongside his then-deputy Truong Minh Tuan with receiving $3.2 million…
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Vietnam arrests eight over UK truck deaths
Hanoi, Nov 4 (AFP/APP): Vietnam has arrested eight more suspects in connection with the deaths of 39 people found in a truck in Britain who are believed to be Vietnamese, police said Monday. The bodies of eight women and 31 men were found in a refrigerated lorry in an industrial park in Essex, east of…
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Who are the Vietnamese feared dead in UK truck tragedy?
Hanoi, Oct 31 (AFP/APP): AFP has spoken to several families of Vietnamese nationals missing in Britain, feared to be among the 39 people found dead in a truck in Essex last week. DNA has been collected from relatives as officials in Vietnam and the UK work to officially identify the victims. Here are the profiles…
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Hanoi pollution crises expose growth risks
Hanoi, Oct 23 (AFP/APP): A major mercury leak, tap water contamination, and “alarming” levels of haze: several pollution crises in Hanoi have sparked public fury and accusations that communist Vietnam is putting the economy ahead of the environment. Long tapped as an investors’ paradise thanks to its low-cost labour and pro-business policies, rapidly industrialising Vietnam…