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Vietnam to block messaging app Telegram over ‘anti-state’ contents
Vietnam’s government has instructed telecommunications companies to block the Telegram messaging app after the Ministry of Public Security concluded it…
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215 Vietnamese stuck in squalid border camp after leaving Myanmar scam center
Read reporting on this topic in Vietnamese here. Many weeks after they were rescued from scam centers inside Myanmar, more…
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Thailand, Vietnam raise relations to the highest level
BANGKOK – Thailand and Vietnam have agreed to raise political and economic relations to the highest level, a comprehensive strategic…
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Imprisoned Vietnam activist charged for writing ‘down with communism’
Prominent Vietnamese land rights activist Trinh Ba Phuong is facing a second charge of anti-state propaganda after prison guards found…
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Vietnam enters fray at disputed South China Sea sandbank
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Vietnam protested China and the Philippines over their competing activities at Sandy Cay in the disputed South…
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Global press freedom ebbs to a new low
BANGKOK and WASHINGTON – Press freedom is at its lowest ebb globally in more than two decades, Reporters Without Borders…
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Vietnam leader’s conciliatory tone on 50th war anniversary fuels hope but skepticism
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War this week, the chief of the ruling communist…
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PHOTOS: Vietnam celebrates 50th anniversary of war’s end with grand parade
Vietnam marked the 50th anniversary of the end the Vietnam War on Wednesday with jubilation and a grand military parade…
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Leaders of Japan, Vietnam discuss free trade in the face of tariff tensions
BANGKOK – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been talking up the benefits of free trade, in the face of…
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Hanoi denies Washington will snub Vietnam War commemoration
BANGKOK – The Vietnamese government says it is expecting a sizable U.S. presence when it marks the 50th anniversary of…
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Vietnamese monk forced to cut short his walk through Sri Lanka, heads to India
Authorities have barred a Vietnamese Buddhist monk from continuing a barefoot pilgrimage through Sri Lanka so he’s departing instead for…
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Tibetan Buddhist leader secretly cremated in Vietnam, sources say
The body of an influential Tibetan Buddhist leader, said to have died while in custody in Vietnam, was secretly cremated…
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Vietnam court cuts fraudster’s life sentence to 30 years
BANGKOK – An appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City has reduced the life sentence of Vietnam’s biggest corporate fraudster…
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Vietnam agrees to buy US F-16 fighters, defense website says
BANGKOK – Vietnam has reached an agreement with the United States to buy F-16 fighter jets, a defense website said,…
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Sri Lankan police pull plug on Vietnamese monk’s tour until he changes visa
Sri Lankan police on Thursday blocked Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Minh Tue from continuing his barefoot journey around the South…
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Itinerant Vietnamese monk meets opposition in Sri Lanka – from a fellow monk
A Vietnamese Buddhist monk on a barefoot pilgrimage from his homeland to India ran into some unexpected opposition in Sri…
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Vietnam to slash provinces as top leader To Lam seeks to consolidate power
Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party approved plans to nearly halve the number of provinces, a crucial step toward enabling top leader…
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China detains Tibetans for sharing photos of late Buddhist leader
Chinese authorities have interrogated and detained local Tibetans who posted photos and messages online mourning the loss of an influential…
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China’s Xi seeks stronger Vietnam trade ties at start of SE Asia tour
Chinese President Xi Jinping sought stronger trade ties with neighboring Vietnam at the start of a five-day swing through Southeast…
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Vigil, prayer and protest demand probe into death of Tibetan Buddhist leader
Tibetan Youth Congress activists protested outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday following the death of revered Tibetan…
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