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

'I found the man who saved my life'

Wednesday, October 26th 2016, 23:03

Thirty-six years after being rescued from the sea as a refugee from Vietnam, Yen Siow tried to find the ship's crew who saved her life.
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Hundreds of Vietnam drug addicts flee rehabilitation centre

Monday, October 24th 2016, 10:38

Police in southern Vietnam search for more than 200 drug addicts who broke out of a compulsory rehabilitation centre.
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Tom Hayden, famed anti-Vietnam war activist, dies aged 76

Monday, October 24th 2016, 9:00
related countries: United States

Tom Hayden, progressive activist and a prominent figure in the US anti-Vietnam war movement, dies after a lengthy illness.
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Flooding hits central Vietnam ahead of Typhoon Sarika

Sunday, October 16th 2016, 14:05

Severe flooding in central Vietnam kills 21 people and submerges tens of thousands of homes, as forecasters warn Typhoon Sarika could bring more rain.
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Russia 'considering military bases in Cuba and Vietnam'

Friday, October 7th 2016, 17:21
related countries: Cuba

Russia's deputy defence minister reveals country is 'reconsidering' the closure of bases in Vietnam and Cuba.
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Eels swim through flooded Vietnam hospital

Tuesday, September 27th 2016, 17:06

Heavy rain and flooding has left hospital staff chasing eels in the corridors of a hospital in Vietnam.
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Vietnam woman 'cuts off limbs for insurance payout'

Wednesday, August 24th 2016, 15:24

A Vietnamese woman admits to paying for her left hand and foot to be severed to defraud her insurance firm with a rail accident claim, police say.
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France seizes 2,000 dead seahorses on Guinea-Vietnam route

Friday, August 19th 2016, 12:45
related countries: France, Guinea

French customs officials seize about 2,000 dead seahorses that were being smuggled from Guinea to Vietnam.
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Vietnam allows Australia's Long Tan war ceremony

Thursday, August 18th 2016, 7:16
related countries: Australia

Vietnam gives Australians restricted access to a battle site in order to mark the 50th anniversary of a bloody incident in the Vietnam War.
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South China Sea: Vietnam airport screens hacked

Friday, July 29th 2016, 16:37

Flight display screens at Vietnam's two largest airports are hacked to show messages criticising Vietnam's claims of territory in the South China Sea.
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China asks Vietnam to probe passport slur

Thursday, July 28th 2016, 8:01
related countries: China

China asks Vietnam to investigate reports an official wrote an insult on two pages of a Chinese visitor's passport.
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Taiwan missile survivor: 'I feel lucky to be alive'

Tuesday, July 5th 2016, 22:57
related countries: Taiwan

A Vietnamese migrant worker who survived a Taiwanese missile hitting his boat has told the BBC he feels lucky to be alive.
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Tuning out emotionally

Tuesday, July 5th 2016, 2:27

Vietnam veteran Claire Brisebois Starnes, author of Women Vietnam Veterans: Our Untold Stories, on her time as a photographer during the conflict.
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Australian cows 'killed with sledgehammers' in Vietnam

Thursday, June 16th 2016, 12:04
related countries: Aruba

Vietnamese abattoir workers have been secretly filmed bludgeoning Australian cattle with sledgehammers, animal rights activists say.
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VIDEO: Obama beatboxes for Vietnamese rapper

Wednesday, May 25th 2016, 10:15
related countries: United States
related places: Ho Chi Minh City

US President Barack Obama briefly beatboxed before an impromptu performance by Vietnamese rapper Suboi as he took part in a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City.
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VIDEO: Tasting the noodles Obama ate

Tuesday, May 24th 2016, 15:09

As well as carrying out his official engagements, President Obama found time for less formal meetings during his visit in Vietnam.
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VIDEO: 'Vietnam and the US are partners'

Tuesday, May 24th 2016, 6:52
related countries: United States

US President Barack Obama sets out his plan for a stronger relationship with Vietnam, a day after lifting a ban on arms sales.
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Bourdain and Obama: Six things about the $6 meal

Tuesday, May 24th 2016, 5:23

An Instagram photo of chef Anthony Bourdain dining in Vietnam with US President Barack Obama goes viral - but what does the picture say?
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The US veterans going back to live in Vietnam

Monday, May 23rd 2016, 21:10
related countries: United States

The US veterans who went back to start a new life
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Obama lifts arms embargo on Vietnam

Monday, May 23rd 2016, 18:54
related countries: United States

President Obama announces the US is completely lifting its embargo on sales of lethal weapons to Vietnam, its one-time enemy.
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VIDEO: Obama in Vietnam: US arms embargo to end

Monday, May 23rd 2016, 7:43
related countries: United States

US President Barack Obama has announced that the US is fully lifting its embargo on arms exports to Vietnam.
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VIDEO: Obama begins visit to Vietnam

Monday, May 23rd 2016, 0:50

President Obama arrives in Vietnam at the start of a visit to the country.
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Vietnam hopes as Obama visits

Sunday, May 22nd 2016, 23:10

Vietnamese want their voices heard as Obama visits
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Obama's Vietnam trip marks warming ties

Sunday, May 22nd 2016, 16:34
related countries: United States

Barack Obama arrives for the start of his three-day visit to Vietnam, only the third by a sitting US president since the end of the Vietnam War.
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Vietnam protest over fish die-off

Sunday, May 1st 2016, 12:32

Hundreds of people hold a rare protest in Vietnam against the mass death of fish, which the demonstrators blame on a Taiwanese company.
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