. The Vietnamese couple took in the dogs after learning in October that authorities had culled their

as well as two Vietnamese fishing boats in waters off Kudat on Thursday( April 18). Also detained

vaccine at the Noi Bai International Airport in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi, the Chinese Ambassador

HANOI( AFP)-A popular Vietnamese tourist city has pledged to phase out selling cat and dog meat

San’s family was not allowed into the courtroom.Mr.... San “ was convicted and sentenced for gathering and publishing independent news, which Vietnam treats as a criminal offense.” “ San and all independent journalists wrongfully held behind bars in Vietnam should be freed immediately and unconditionally, ” Mr.... Crispin said. Vietnam currently has at least 16 reporters in custody, according to CPJ’s latest global prison census — many of them held for posting on social media, which the govern

Nguyen Phu Trong, the hard-line general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party, who presided over his country’s economic and geopolitical transformation and reshaped its leadership with his “ blazing furnace ” anticorruption campaign, died on Friday in Hanoi.... Trong had died of “ old age ” and an unspecified serious illness. Speculation had swirled in January about Mr.... Trong’s health after he skipped meetings with several foreign leaders....

. Russian-Vietnamese military technical cooperation continued virtually unabated after the breakup of the

HANOI: Vietnamese banks are still attractive to foreign investors thanks to the country’s economy

He remains in custody on Friday. Officials said the remains of 11 people from the truck were transported by ambulance from the Port of Tilbury under police escort on Thursday.... “ I’m acutely aware of the international interest in this case and the appetite for information.” Police escort the truck, that was found to contain a large number of dead bodies, as they move it from an industrial estate in Thurrock, south England, Wednesday Oct.... Police forensic officers attend the scene after a t

IPOH: Two prostitution dens and three entertainment outlets offering sexual services have been busted by the Immigration Department during a special operation here. Deputy director-general( operations) Jafri Embok Taha said the operation was conducted on Friday at 11pm, which saw the arrests of 141 people. The operation involved Immigration officers and members from Perak, Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Perlis, he added. Jafri said among those arrested were 117 foreign women and 13 men of va