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3 Vietnamese rescued after migrant boat sinks off Nicaragua’s coast
Read more on this topic in Vietnamese Nicaragua’s navy has rescued three Vietnamese nationals after a boat carrying 17 migrants…
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Vietnamese author may face prison for political posts on Facebook
Read more on this topic in VIetnamese. A well-known Vietnamese author of a book about the Vietnam War and its…
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EXPLAINED: How US tariffs affect Vietnam’s economy
Read more on this topic in Vietnamese Vietnam’s steel industry faces a double threat from the U.S. after President Donald…
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Vietnamese soldier dies after saying commander beat him
Read more on this topic in Vietnamese A soldier stationed in Vietnam’s Bac Giang province has died after telephoning his…
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OPINION: New traffic edict is Vietnamese communists’ ‘mission civilisatrice’
As one theory goes, as a country becomes wealthier, its streets should become more orderly and safe. Or to use…
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Chinese filmmaker says Vietnamese officers asked him for bribes during Hanoi visit
Read a version of this story in Vietnamese Vietnamese immigration authorities repeatedly attempted to extract bribes out of a well-known…
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Vietnamese in Thailand wait anxiously after Trump suspends refugee program
Read more on this topic in Vietnamese. Hundreds of Vietnamese in Thailand who are hoping to be resettled as refugees…
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Vietnam builds islands in South China Sea amid tension, challenges
Vietnam’s island reclamation activities in the South China Sea made headlines in 2024 with a record area of land created…
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US freedom of religion conference held without delegates from Vietnam
Read more on this topic in Vietnamese Vietnam barred all three of the country’s delegates from attending a U.S. meeting…
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Christian group criticizes Vietnam’s arrest of pastor
Read more on this topic in Vietnamese UPDATED at 14:20 on Feb. 3, 2025. An international Christian group has criticized…
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Facebookers fined for mocking wealthy founder of budget Vietnamese airline
Read RFA coverage of this story in Vietnamese. Two Hanoi Facebook users have been fined and ordered to delete satirical…
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Vietnam should ask Cambodia to delay canal project: experts
Participants at a Vietnamese-sponsored consultation have suggested that Hanoi should ask Phnom Penh to delay a proposed canal project for…
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Vietnam police arrest assistant to National Assembly chairman
Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security has arrested Pham Tai Ha, deputy head of the country’s National Assembly office and assistant…
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Religious leader faces new charge in case that brought 5-year sentence
Investigators in southern Vietnam charged the 92-year-old leader of a Buddhist community with incest on Friday after gathering evidence –…
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Vietnam’s ‘Provisional National Government’ offers empty promises, lawyers say
More than 60 people in Vietnam have been given long prison sentences for being members of the so-called “Provisional National…
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3 Vietnamese land rights protesters released early from prison
More than four years after 3,000 police raided Dong Tam commune in the dead of night, three of the protesters…
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Van Thinh Phat case tests investor confidence in Vietnam
A Vietnamese court decision handing Truong My Lan a death sentence for masterminding a US$27 billion fraud has been met…
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Jailed Vietnamese writer honored with international award
An international pressure group representing writers, artists and journalists is presenting its top award to Vietnamese author, journalist and dissident…
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Coalition urges Apple to call out Vietnam’s persecution of climate activists
Tech giant Apple Inc. has a duty to call out Vietnam’s targeting of climate activists in line with its own…
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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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