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.

World news related to Vietnam – overview

• 1. by date ↓
• 2. by title ↑

• December 21st 2020 – October 25th 2019
• October 25th 2019 – February 27th 2019
• February 26th 2019 – June 10th 2018
• June 7th 2018 – November 2nd 2016
• October 26th 2016 – May 1st 2016
• May 1st 2016 – June 26th 2015
• May 20th 2015 – September 15th 2014
• September 14th 2014 – May 15th 2014
• May 14th 2014 – December 5th 2013
• November 18th 2013 – August 9th 2013
• August 6th 2013 – January 23rd 2013
• January 16th 2013 – September 4th 2012
• August 30th 2012 – May 10th 2012
• April 27th 2012 – October 12th 2011
• September 26th 2011 – April 10th 2011
• April 4th 2011 – December 28th 2010
• December 14th 2010 – April 8th 2010
• April 8th 2010 – October 1st 2009
• September 30th 2009 – March 14th 2009
• March 7th 2009 – September 19th 2008
• September 12th 2008 – February 8th 2008
• January 10th 2008 – July 11th 2007
• June 22nd 2007 – January 26th 2007
• January 25th 2007 – October 27th 2006
• October 22nd 2006 – May 31st 2006
• May 20th 2006 – December 26th 2005
• December 21st 2005 – November 19th 2005

Vietnam: news

Vietnam's forgotten Cambodian war

Sunday, September 14th 2014, 3:26
related countries: Cambodia

The soldiers behind Vietnam's forgotten war in Cambodia
Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: Preserving the music of the past

Saturday, September 6th 2014, 0:09

Ca tru, an ancient Vietnamese style of music, is over 900 years old. Three generations of a Vietnamese family are keeping it alive for the next generation.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: Hanoi gardens' blooming trade

Thursday, August 21st 2014, 15:57

Vietnam's lotus gardens are capitalising on an increasingly popular source of revenue. In midsummer when the flowers bloom, young and old flock to the gardens to have their pictures taken.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Killed general was true hero - US

Wednesday, August 6th 2014, 9:05
related countries: United States

The US military pays tribute to Maj Gen Harold Greene, who was killed in an insider attack in Afghanistan on Tuesday, as a true hero.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Japan gives Vietnam six navy ships

Friday, August 1st 2014, 11:44
related countries: China, Japan

Japan is giving Vietnam six naval ships for patrols in the South China Sea, amid regional tension over competing maritime claims with China.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Typhoon Rammasun strikes Vietnam

Tuesday, July 22nd 2014, 6:45

Typhoon Rammasun has killed at least 11 people in Vietnam and several people remain missing, according to local media.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: Typhoon heads for Vietnam

Saturday, July 19th 2014, 7:57
related countries: China

A powerful Typhoon is heading towards Vietnam after causing widespread flooding and damage in parts of southern China.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China moves Vietnam row oil rig

Wednesday, July 16th 2014, 12:24
related countries: China

China says the oil rig that sparked a major row with Vietnam by drilling in disputed waters has finished work and is being moved.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: At sea in disputed South China waters

Wednesday, July 16th 2014, 12:13
related countries: China

China will move an oil rig away from waters claimed by both Vietnam and China. The BBC's Nga Pham reports from on board a Vietnamese coastguard vessel.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Vietnam helicopter crash kills 16

Monday, July 7th 2014, 7:32
related places: Hanoi

A military helicopter has crashed close to the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, killing 16 people and injuring five others, officials say.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China detains Vietnamese fishermen

Friday, July 4th 2014, 14:57
related countries: China

Chinese authorities arrest six Vietnamese fishermen in a move that could heighten tensions in the South China Sea.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Can Vietnamese comics win readers' hearts?

Saturday, June 21st 2014, 23:18

Can Vietnam comic book artists win readers' hearts?
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Deadlock at China-Vietnam talks

Wednesday, June 18th 2014, 10:13
related countries: China

The first day of high-level talks between China and Vietnam over territorial disputes in the South China Sea ends with no sign of progress.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Chinese school for disputed island

Sunday, June 15th 2014, 10:38
related countries: China, Paracel Islands, Taiwan

China says it will build a school in the disputed Paracel Islands, boosting its presence in waters also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

UN 'to mediate in China-Vietnam row'

Wednesday, June 11th 2014, 3:40
related countries: China
related places: Ban Ki

The United Nations says it is willing to mediate in the territorial dispute between China and Vietnam, after both handed dossiers to Ban Ki-moon.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Vietnam soccer tycoon gets 30 years

Monday, June 9th 2014, 8:15

Vietnam sentences one of its richest businessmen, football tycoon Nguyen Duc Kien, to 30 years in jail.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China ships 'rammed 1,400 times'

Monday, June 9th 2014, 5:14
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

Vietnamese vessels have rammed Chinese ships 1,400 times near a drilling rig, Beijing claims, as tensions over territorial disputes intensify.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: China 'sinks' Vietnamese boat

Friday, June 6th 2014, 9:17
related countries: China

Vietnam's state television (VTV) has broadcast a video in which a large Chinese ship can be seen chasing and later sinking a small Vietnamese fishing boat.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Vietnam's newspapers criticise Tiananmen crackdown

Thursday, June 5th 2014, 14:05

When Vietnamese media dared criticise Tiananmen
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Vietnam boat sinks after collision

Tuesday, May 27th 2014, 4:55
related countries: China

A Vietnamese fishing boat sinks after colliding with a Chinese vessel near a controversial oil rig in the South China Sea, amid ongoing tensions.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China ships evacuate Vietnam workers

Monday, May 19th 2014, 10:48
related countries: China

Two of four ships evacuating Chinese workers from Vietnam set sail, Chinese state media say, after protests over a territorial dispute.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China ships in Vietnam evacuation

Sunday, May 18th 2014, 6:15
related countries: China

China is sending five ships to evacuate Chinese nationals from Vietnam following a wave of anti-Chinese riots over an oil drilling dispute.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: Video shows South China Sea collision

Friday, May 16th 2014, 11:40
related countries: China

Footage has emerged of a collision between a Chinese coastguard vessel and a Vietnamese ship in disputed waters in the South China Sea.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China drilling to go on despite riot

Friday, May 16th 2014, 6:46
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

China says its oil rig will continue drilling in contested waters in the South China Sea, despite deadly anti-Beijing riots in Vietnam.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Vietnam anti-China protest kills one

Thursday, May 15th 2014, 10:07
related countries: China

A Chinese worker is killed and almost 150 others hurt as protesters attack a steel mill in Vietnam, amid anti-China tensions over the South China Sea dispute.
Read the full article » | View on the map »