Vietnamese environmental advocate and activist Nguy Thi Khanh and called on Vietnam to release her

HANOI( Reuters)-At least 13 tourists were found dead and four remained missing after a boat capsized off Vietnam's central coast of Hoi An on Saturday, a city official said.... " We are searching for the missing," Nguyen Sinh, party chief of Cua Dai Ward in Hoi An City told Reuters. The accident happened when the boat was carrying 36 tourists and three sailors from Cu Lao Cham Island to Hoi An, the government said in a statement.... Vietnam is seeing an increase in tourism activities after the

HANOI( Reuters)-Vietnam on Tuesday dismissed its health minister Nguyen Thanh Long, after he was accused of violating the ruling Communist Party's rules and allegedly causing losses to the state budget, state media reported.... Senior finance and diplomatic officials have also been targeted, and many have faced trials and been jailed. The National Assembly, the country's lawmaking body, voted on Tuesday to remove Long, 55, from the position of health minister, which he assumed in 2020, Voice of

Despite sweeping economic reform and increasing openness to social change, Vietnam's ruling Communist Party retains tight media censorship and tolerates little criticism.... There was no immediate response from Facebook. The report said Gioan pleaded guilty at the trial.... Once the jail term is over, he will be placed under house arrest for three years, it said....

HANOI( Reuters)-A Vietnamese court on Friday jailed 54 people, including a former deputy foreign minister and several senior diplomats, in one of the country's largest ever bribery cases amid a crackdown on graft, state media reported. The convicted were found guilty of taking part in a scheme where diplomats and companies took money from Vietnamese citizens abroad who wanted to return to the country on" rescue flights" during the COVID-19 pandemic, when commercial flights were not available. Th

HANOI( Reuters)-A Vietnamese court on Friday jailed 54 people, including a former deputy foreign minister and several senior diplomats, in one of the country's largest ever bribery cases amid a crackdown on graft, state media reported. The convicted were found guilty of taking part in a scheme where diplomats and companies took money from Vietnamese citizens abroad who wanted to return to the country on" rescue flights" during the COVID-19 pandemic, when commercial flights were not available. Th

According to Vietnam's constitution, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan would serve in the position.... The president holds a largely ceremonial role but is one of the top four political positions in the Southeast Asian nation.... She filled the void in the six weeks after Nguyen Xuan Phuc stepped down as president last year for" violations and wrongdoing" by officials under his control....

Care home residents who are looked after by agency staff are more likely to catch coronavirus from their carer than those who are looked after by dedicated teams, a study has found. New modelling by the University of Strathclyde showed that homes which depended on agency staff were two-and-a-half times more likely to spread the virus to their residents.Dr Itamar Megiddo, co-author of the study, said that the findings “ would support policies for limiting the movement of staff working across mult

The government met her more than halfway, agreeing to a reduction of 20, 000 megawatts.It was a big victory for the country’s environmentalists.... Nguy, 46, was convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to two years in prison, according to three people with knowledge of the verdict.... In January, the authorities imprisoned three other environmental activists, all of whom had spoken out against the Vietnamese government’s coal policies. Soft-spoken and self-effacing, Ms....

SEOUL( Reuters)-From Seoul to Paris, and Moscow to Bangkok, concerned citizens are lining up for shots as COVID-19 case numbers swell.... It blamed the shortfall mainly on many people being away on holiday and a lack of staff in some collection centres.... ' AFRAID TO DONATE' Across Europe, donation levels have also been plagued by uncertainty over whether people can give blood if they have not been vaccinated, officials in various countries said....