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

US anti-Vietnam war priest dies aged 94

Sunday, May 1st 2016, 4:54
related countries: United States
related places: New York

The American priest and poet Daniel Berrigan - famous for leading defiant protests against the Vietnam War - dies in New York aged 94.
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Pulitzer winner speaks of refugee 'fear'

Wednesday, April 20th 2016, 4:08

Viet Thanh Nguyen, a former Vietnamese refugee, has won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. He told the BBC people have nothing to fear from refugees.
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What happened when Vietnam's national broadcaster was caught pinching YouTube videos

Sunday, March 13th 2016, 0:34

Vietnam's national broadcaster caught pinching YouTube vids
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Vietnamese twins have different fathers

Wednesday, March 9th 2016, 9:59

A pair of Vietnamese twins have been found to have different fathers, in an extremely rare case.
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Vietnam death-row pregnancy probed

Tuesday, February 16th 2016, 19:53

Four prison guards are reportedly suspended in Vietnam after an inmate became pregnant, apparently to escape execution.
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VIDEO: Meet the new faces of Vietnam's economy

Tuesday, January 26th 2016, 1:15

As the incumbent prime minister of Vietnam prepares to step down, young entrepreneurs are becoming the face of politics and the economy.
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Vietnam party boss 'to run unopposed'

Sunday, January 24th 2016, 5:21

The conservative chief of Vietnam's Communist Party, Nguyen Phu Trong, will be the only candidate for the post at a key party congress, state media report.
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Vietnam congress set to pick new leaders

Thursday, January 21st 2016, 5:25
related places: Hanoi

Vietnam's Communist Party delegates are meeting in Hanoi for their five-yearly congress, where a new set of leaders will be chosen.
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Vietnam mourns revered Hanoi turtle

Wednesday, January 20th 2016, 14:29
related places: Hanoi

Vietnam mourns a revered ancient turtle whose death has shocked the country on the eve of the Communist Party congress.
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China 'threatening regional air safety'

Saturday, January 9th 2016, 13:02
related countries: China

Vietnam's aviation authorities say China is endangering air safety by conducting unannounced flights through its air space, state media reports.
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Row over China's Spratlys plane landing

Sunday, January 3rd 2016, 5:02
related countries: China

Vietnam accuses China of violating its sovereignty by landing a plane on an artificial island it has built in a contested part of the South China Sea.
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China and Vietnam pledge maritime peace

Friday, November 6th 2015, 8:40
related countries: China

China and Vietnam pledge to be "good neighbours" and maintain peace in the South China Sea, as Chinese President Xi Jinping ends his state visit to Vietnam.
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VIDEO: Treatment for Vietnam napalm attack girl

Sunday, October 25th 2015, 21:21

Forty-three years ago a photograph of a little girl running naked after a napalm attack became a symbolic reminder of the Vietnam war.
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Vietnamese embrace new US relations

Friday, September 4th 2015, 19:09
related countries: United States
related places: America

Vietnamese give their views on old foe America
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Vietnam to free 18,000 prisoners

Friday, August 28th 2015, 15:41

Vietnam grants amnesty to more than 18,000 prisoners, but political prisoners are not expected to be among those freed.
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VIDEO: US-Mexican march against Vietnam War

Tuesday, August 25th 2015, 23:00
related countries: Mexico, United States

The Mexican American campaign against Vietnam war
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Vietnam's start-up queen

Sunday, August 16th 2015, 23:17

The boss of the first Vietnamese firm bought by Silicon Valley
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Australia admits refugee turn-back

Thursday, August 6th 2015, 7:49
related countries: Australia

In a rare disclosure, Australia says a group of Vietnamese migrants were among 600 refugees turned away at sea since December 2013.
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EU and Vietnam in major trade deal

Wednesday, August 5th 2015, 10:02

The EU and Vietnam have reached a free trade agreement - the second such EU deal with a South-East Asian nation.
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Fears for Vietnamese asylum seekers

Monday, July 27th 2015, 2:06
related countries: Australia

There are concerns about the fate of 42 asylum seekers who have allegedly been sent back to Vietnam from Australia.
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North Vietnamese veterans stories

Thursday, July 9th 2015, 7:26

North Vietnamese veterans tell their stories
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Obama hosts Vietnam communist leader

Tuesday, July 7th 2015, 23:21
related countries: United States
related places: White House

US President Barack Obama meets Vietnam's Communist Party leader at the White House, the first such meeting since relations were normalised 20 years ago.
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VIDEO: Obama shakes hands with Vietnam leader

Tuesday, July 7th 2015, 22:47

President Obama has met the leader of the Vietnamese Communist Party at the Oval Office in Washington.
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Jim Webb joins 2016 presidential race

Thursday, July 2nd 2015, 19:49
related countries: United States

Vietnam veteran and former US Senator Jim Webb launches his bid for president, joining other Democrats taking on front-runner Hillary Clinton.
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Thailand halts human rights event

Friday, June 26th 2015, 11:47
related countries: Thailand
related places: Bangkok

Human Rights Watch cancels an event in Bangkok that was to launch a report into alleged abuses in Vietnam, after Thai authorities intervene.
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