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Van Thinh Phat chairwoman sentenced to death in Vietnam’s biggest fraud trial

Truong My Lan, the chairwoman of Vietnamese developer Van Thinh Phat, has been sentenced to death for masterminding a multi-billion-dollar…

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City bar association cancels membership of Vietnamese activist lawyers

The Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association has removed the names of lawyers Dang Dinh Manh and Nguyen Van Mieng…

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Khmer Krom group petitions for Vietnam to be removed from UN body

A group representing Vietnam’s Khmer Krom ethnic minority has sent a petition to the Secretary General of the United Nations…

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Vietnam warns that drought and saline intrusion could lead to water shortage

Facing drought and saltwater intrusions in southern Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on authorities to ensure people have…

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Suspected food poisoning in Vietnam leaves 1 student dead, nearly 40 hospitalized

In a case of suspected food poisoning in Vietnam, an elementary school student died after eating breakfast at an eatery…

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Report: US officials had sudden symptoms before Harris’ Hanoi visit

Close to a dozen U.S. officials suffered from unexplained symptoms just before Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Hanoi in…

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‘Know-it-all’ TikToker fined for saying Ho Chi Minh City is full of criminals

A Vietnamese pro-government TikToker with 900,000 followers has been issued a US$300 fine for saying on the social media platform…

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Vietnamese political prisoner denied traditional medicine

A prison in Vietnam’s Thanh Hoa province is refusing to allow the family of political prisoner Nguyen Thi Tam to…

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Vietnam demolishes a lecture hall linked to Khmer Krom pagoda

A week after arresting its abbot, Vietnamese authorities on Monday demolished a lecture hall linked to a Buddhist pagoda serving…

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Is Vietnam on track to realize its semiconductor dream?

As Vietnam tries to position itself as an essential part of the global semiconductor supply chain, there is no shortage…

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Vietnamese police arrest 4 more Khmer Krom monks in pagoda dispute

Vietnamese police have arrested four more Buddhist monks from the Khmer Krom indigenous group in an ongoing clash over a…

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Detained Vietnamese activist denied access to lawyer

A Vietnamese activist, accused of “propaganda against the State” is being denied access to a lawyer, his family told Radio…

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Two Khmer Krom activists given prison sentences in Vietnam

Two ethnic Khmer Krom activists who were arrested last year on suspicion of distributing books about indigenous peoples’ rights were…

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Vietnam’s president forced to step down due to corruption scandal

Vietnam’s president has resigned after just a year in the job, taking responsibility for a corruption scandal involving regional government…

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Vietnam local govt bans Buddhist pagoda repair

The government in Vietnam’s Ba Ria-Vung Tau province is blocking the repair of a 35 year-old buddhist pagoda because the…

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Prosecutors demand death  sentence in Vietnam’s biggest fraud trial

Vietnamese prosecutors are calling for the death sentence for the alleged mastermind of the country’s biggest fraud, state-controlled media reported…

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