News: Vietnam

We have started to collect the most important news related to Vietnam in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Vietnam: news

VIDEO: Endangered anteaters rescued

Monday, September 26th 2011, 12:07
related countries: China, Thailand

Customs officers in Thailand have rescued 97 endangered pangolins which they believe were being trafficked to China or Vietnam.
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Vietnam halts anti-China protests

Thursday, August 18th 2011, 13:52
related countries: China
related places: Hanoi

The Vietnamese government orders an end to anti-China protests in the capital, Hanoi, after almost three months of demonstrations.
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Vietnam jails dissident blogger

Wednesday, August 10th 2011, 13:08
related countries: France

French-Vietnamese dissident blogger, Pham Minh Hoang, is jailed in Vietnam for three years for attempted subversion.
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Vietnam shoe plant fire kills 17

Saturday, July 30th 2011, 6:25

At least 17 people have been killed and 21 others injured in a fire at a shoe factory in northern Vietnam, police and media say.
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Vietnam army accused over logging

Thursday, July 28th 2011, 14:48
related countries: Laos

An international lobbying group accuses the Vietnamese army of involvement in the illegal export of timber from neighbouring Laos.
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Vietnam re-arrests ailing priest

Monday, July 25th 2011, 20:52

One of Vietnam's best-known dissidents, Catholic priest Nguyen Van Ly, is re-arrested more than a year after getting medical leave from prison.
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Fonda 'dropped' from QVC channel

Sunday, July 17th 2011, 13:50

Actress Jane Fonda accuses QVC of cancelling her appearance on the TV shopping channel because of her Vietnam war activism.
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China 'should clarify seas claim'

Monday, June 20th 2011, 10:18
related countries: China, Philippines, Singapore

Singapore calls on China to clarify the extent of its claims in the South China Sea following a series of confrontations with Vietnam and the Philippines.
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VIDEO: US funds Agent Orange clean-up

Friday, June 17th 2011, 21:42
related countries: United States

Vietnam has begun the first stage of a joint operation with the United States aimed at removing traces of the chemical Agent Orange.
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US to ease deadly Vietnam legacy

Friday, June 17th 2011, 12:44
related countries: United States

The US and Vietnam work to end the toxic legacy of the defoliant Agent Orange, which is still causing deformities among Vietnamese children.
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China 'will not use force' in row

Tuesday, June 14th 2011, 9:39
related countries: China

China says it will not use force to resolve disputes in the South China Sea, a day after Vietnam held live-fire exercises near a disputed area of water.
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VIDEO: US releases Vietnam War papers

Tuesday, June 14th 2011, 3:10
related countries: United States

A top secret US government report into the Vietnam War has been officially released.
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Vietnam in naval drill amid row

Monday, June 13th 2011, 12:43
related countries: China

Vietnam holds live-fire drills in the South China Sea, amid escalating tensions with China over disputed waters.
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Vietnam War papers to be released

Monday, June 13th 2011, 8:43
related countries: United States
related places: Monday

A top secret US government report into the Vietnam War - the so-called Pentagon Papers - is being officially released on Monday.
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Vietnam announces live-fire drill

Friday, June 10th 2011, 11:10
related countries: China

Vietnam says it will hold a live-fire drill in the South China Sea next week, amid escalating tensions with China over disputed waters.
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Vietnam-China sea spat escalates

Friday, June 10th 2011, 8:44
related countries: China

China accuses Vietnam of "gravely violating" its sovereignty in an escalating row over disputed waters in the South China Sea.
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Hackers step up Vietnam-China row

Thursday, June 9th 2011, 14:38
related countries: China

Hackers in Vietnam and China are penetrating government websites in a stepping up of a maritime territorial row.
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Vietnam protests over S China Sea

Sunday, June 5th 2011, 14:53
related countries: China
related places: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City

Hundreds of Vietnamese turn out in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to protest against Chinese naval operations in the disputed South China Sea.
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Vietnam accuses China in seas row

Monday, May 30th 2011, 6:09
related countries: China

Vietnam accuses China of deliberately cutting ship cables in an escalating maritime territorial dispute in the South China Sea.
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US to help Agent Orange inquiry

Sunday, May 22nd 2011, 15:48
related countries: South Korea, United States

The US and South Korea will investigate claims by Vietnam veterans that dozens of barrels of Agent Orange were dumped in Korea in 1978.
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Many Vietnamese Hmong 'in hiding'

Thursday, May 12th 2011, 16:22

Hundreds of Hmong people are in hiding from Vietnamese security forces, a week after an outbreak of unrest, a priest tells the BBC.
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Vietnam 'seals off protest site'

Friday, May 6th 2011, 11:01

Vietnam blocks off the scene of a rare protest by thousands of ethnic Hmong in a remote mountainous area in the north-east, reports say.
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New reserve for 'Asian unicorn'

Monday, April 18th 2011, 15:35

Vietnam is setting up a nature reserve to protect one of the world's rarest animals - an antelope-like creature called the saola.
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Canberra fears army bullying bill

Sunday, April 17th 2011, 11:17
related countries: Australia

Australia's defence minister says damages might have to be paid to victims of abuse in its military - with some claims dating back to the Vietnam War.
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Bob Dylan makes Vietnam debut

Sunday, April 10th 2011, 16:14

Legendary folk singer Bob Dylan, whose songs became anthems of the 1960s anti-Vietnam War movement, plays his first concert in the communist country.
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