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

Vietnam zoo sold dead tigers

Thursday, January 10th 2008, 14:41

A Vietnam zoo admits breaking international rules by auctioning dead tigers to animal trafficking gangs.
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Boy dies of bird flu in Vietnam

Thursday, December 27th 2007, 3:01

A four-year-old boy dies of bird flu in Vietnam - the country's fifth reported victim of the virus this year.
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Cambodia monks clash with police

Monday, December 17th 2007, 12:49
related countries: Cambodia
related places: Phnom Penh

Monks protesting at the Vietnam embassy in Phnom Penh are involved in violent clashes with police.
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Vietnam-to-China road to be built

Friday, December 14th 2007, 13:37
related countries: China

Vietnam will get a $1.1bn (£542m) loan from the Asian Development Bank to build a highway to mainland China.
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Honour for bribe-busting granny

Thursday, December 13th 2007, 13:32

A 76-year-old Vietnamese grandmother receives an award for her fight against corruption.
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Vietnam arrests foreign activists

Tuesday, November 20th 2007, 14:23

Six activists - including four foreigners - are arrested in Vietnam as it continues to crack down on dissent.
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Vietnam hunts escaped crocodiles

Monday, November 12th 2007, 14:53

Troops and locals hunt for hundreds of crocodiles swept away by floods from a farm in central Vietnam.
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Vietnam 'thugs' in web advert

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 17:50

Police in Vietnam arrest a group of youngsters suspected of offering on their website to beat people up.
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Dozens die in Vietnam floods

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 15:33

At least 70 people are killed as heavy rainfall causes severe flooding in central provinces of Vietnam
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Arrests in Vietnam sex tape case

Friday, October 26th 2007, 11:56

Four students are arrested for distributing an internet sex video of a famous Vietnam actress.
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Interpol in rare sex abuse appeal

Monday, October 8th 2007, 6:45
related countries: Cambodia

A global appeal is launched to identify a man shown sexually abusing children in images posted on the web.
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Three die as typhoon hits Vietnam

Thursday, October 4th 2007, 16:11

Typhoon Lekima lashes Vietnam, killing three people and wrecking thousands of homes, officials say.
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Vietnam battens down for storm

Wednesday, October 3rd 2007, 12:49

Vietnamese officials begin to evacuate around 400,000 people as Typhoon Lekima approaches.
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Vietnam splits new planes order

Tuesday, October 2nd 2007, 20:54

State-owned Vietnam Airlines splits its latest order for new planes between rivals Airbus and Boeing.
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Rescuers search Vietnam bridge

Thursday, September 27th 2007, 5:52

Rescuers in Vietnam search the rubble of a bridge that collapsed on Wednesday, killing at least 42 people.
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Deadly bridge collapse in Vietnam

Wednesday, September 26th 2007, 13:42

A bridge under construction in south Vietnam has collapsed, killing at least 36 workers, officials say.
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Vietnamese on trial over deaths

Monday, August 27th 2007, 14:48
related countries: China, Germany

Five Vietnamese men go on trial in Germany over the killing of seven people in a Chinese restaurant.
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Vietnam reunion after 40 years

Friday, August 24th 2007, 0:48

A Vietnamese man is reunited with his family, 40 years after he was separated from them during the Vietnam War.
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Democrats' anger at Bush Iraq speech

Thursday, August 23rd 2007, 4:44
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Bush

Leading Democrats criticise the US president's speech in which he compared the Iraq war to Vietnam.
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Bush in Vietnam warning over Iraq

Wednesday, August 22nd 2007, 19:34
related countries: Iraq, United States

President Bush says a US pullout from Iraq could spark the kind of upheaval that followed the Vietnam War.
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Vietnam floods kill more than 40

Thursday, August 9th 2007, 12:51

At least 43 people have been killed in storm-hit central Vietnam as bad weather continues to hit the region.
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Vietnam officials jailed on graft

Tuesday, August 7th 2007, 16:24

Nine people are sentenced in a Vietnam corruption scandal that prompted a rare ministerial resignation.
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Six dead in Vietnam flash floods

Monday, August 6th 2007, 7:19

At least six people had died and thousands have fled their homes due to flash flooding in Vietnam's Central Highlands.
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Vietnam backs new-look Cabinet

Thursday, August 2nd 2007, 12:41

A younger and smaller Cabinet aimed at moving forward Vietnam's economic reforms is approved by legislators.
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N Koreans in embassy 'asylum bid'

Wednesday, July 11th 2007, 10:26
related countries: Denmark

The Danish embassy in Vietnam confirms that four people claiming to be North Koreans entered its compound.
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