News: Vietnam

We have started to collect the most important news related to Vietnam in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Vietnam – overview

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• December 21st 2020 – October 25th 2019
• October 25th 2019 – February 27th 2019
• February 26th 2019 – June 10th 2018
• June 7th 2018 – November 2nd 2016
• October 26th 2016 – May 1st 2016
• May 1st 2016 – June 26th 2015
• May 20th 2015 – September 15th 2014
• September 14th 2014 – May 15th 2014
• May 14th 2014 – December 5th 2013
• November 18th 2013 – August 9th 2013
• August 6th 2013 – January 23rd 2013
• January 16th 2013 – September 4th 2012
• August 30th 2012 – May 10th 2012
• April 27th 2012 – October 12th 2011
• September 26th 2011 – April 10th 2011
• April 4th 2011 – December 28th 2010
• December 14th 2010 – April 8th 2010
• April 8th 2010 – October 1st 2009
• September 30th 2009 – March 14th 2009
• March 7th 2009 – September 19th 2008
• September 12th 2008 – February 8th 2008
• January 10th 2008 – July 11th 2007
• June 22nd 2007 – January 26th 2007
• January 25th 2007 – October 27th 2006
• October 22nd 2006 – May 31st 2006
• May 20th 2006 – December 26th 2005
• December 21st 2005 – November 19th 2005

Vietnam: news

Essex lorry deaths: Two found guilty of killing 39 migrants

Monday, December 21st 2020, 15:53

Prosecutors said the victims died in "unbearable" heat in a lorry container in October 2019.
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Vietnam: Facebook and Google 'complicit' in censorship

Tuesday, December 1st 2020, 4:48

Rights group Amnesty has accused the tech giants of increasingly blocking criticism and dissent.
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Storm Vamco hits Vietnam as Philippines rescues survivors

Sunday, November 15th 2020, 17:39
related countries: Philippines

High winds uprooted trees and blew roofs off buildings as the powerful storm battered Vietnam.
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Typhoon Molave: Landslides kill at least 19 after heavy rain in Vietnam

Thursday, October 29th 2020, 11:34

Dozens are still missing after Typhoon Molave struck central Vietnam, lashing it with wind and rain.
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Typhoon Molave batters Vietnamese coast

Wednesday, October 28th 2020, 14:15

The storm hit Vietnam's central coastline on Wednesday, leaving at least two people dead.
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US election: A generational divide over Trump among Vietnamese-Americans

Wednesday, October 28th 2020, 0:29
related countries: United States
related places: Trump

Young Vietnamese-Americans see things differently to elders who settled in US after the Vietnam War.
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Dong Tam case: Two sentenced to death in Vietnam over police killings

Monday, September 14th 2020, 13:08

Three policemen and one resident died in clashes over a land dispute that caused a public outcry.
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Coronavirus Vietnam: The mysterious resurgence of Covid-19

Saturday, August 8th 2020, 4:06

A central Vietnamese city is back in lockdown as researchers search for the source of a new outbreak.
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Coronavirus: Alarm in Vietnam after first cases in months

Monday, July 27th 2020, 15:26
related places: Da Nang

The four locally transmitted cases in Da Nang prompt a tourism ban and renewed prevention measures.
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Vietnamese migrant deaths in UK lorry spark 26 arrests

Wednesday, May 27th 2020, 21:40
related countries: Belgium, France, United Kingdom

Police in Belgium and France detain 13 people in an operation prompted by the deaths of 39 migrants.
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Coronavirus: How 'overreaction' made Vietnam a virus success

Friday, May 15th 2020, 3:38

Vietnam chose to prevent rather than fight Covid-19, a strategy which means it has had no virus deaths.
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Vietnamese police fine men filmed showering while riding motorbike

Friday, January 24th 2020, 17:08

Footage shows the men washing themselves with soap and a bucket of water in southern Vietnam.
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How a boy from Vietnam became a slave on a UK cannabis farm

Tuesday, January 21st 2020, 0:33
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Ho Chi Minh City

Ba was a street child in Ho Chi Minh city. He ended up growing cannabis as a slave in the UK - until he escaped.
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Vietnamese firm Viettel's 5G claim raises eyebrows outside

Monday, January 20th 2020, 16:21

The military-controlled firm's claim to have joined the 5G network equipment-making elite is questioned.
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Dong Tam village: Anger in Vietnam over deadly 'land grab' raid

Thursday, January 16th 2020, 5:40

Different versions of events have emerged after a huge security operation and an unexplained death.
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Essex lorry deaths: Victims' remains arrive back in Vietnam

Wednesday, November 27th 2019, 3:24

The bodies of 16 of the 39 migrants found dead in a lorry are being returned to their families.
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Essex lorry deaths: Money raised for Vietnamese victims' families

Thursday, November 21st 2019, 13:48
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: More

More than $110,000 is raised to help the families of 39 people who died being smuggled into the UK.
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Essex lorry deaths: Vietnam offers grieving families loans to return bodies

Monday, November 18th 2019, 22:50

Government loans are offered to relatives of the Essex lorry dead to repatriate their loved ones.
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Essex lorry deaths: Police name 39 Vietnamese victims

Friday, November 8th 2019, 15:30

Ten teenagers, including two 15-year-old boys, were among the 39 people found dead in a lorry.
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Essex lorry deaths: Vietnam condemns 'human trafficking'

Saturday, November 2nd 2019, 11:01
related countries: United Kingdom

The move comes after British police say 39 people found dead in a truck last week are believed to be Vietnamese.
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Essex lorry deaths: People found dead were all Vietnamese

Friday, November 1st 2019, 20:26
related countries: United Kingdom

Essex Police says officers are in "direct contact" with a number of families in Vietnam and the UK.
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Essex lorry deaths: Agony builds for Vietnamese families

Monday, October 28th 2019, 4:28

In rural Vietnam, families of those feared dead in Essex reflect on the cost of the tragedy.
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Essex lorry deaths: Three bailed as work to identify 39 victims goes on

Sunday, October 27th 2019, 20:08

Two men and a woman are released as work to identify 39 bodies found inside a trailer continues.
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Vietnamese man's son feared dead in lorry incident

Saturday, October 26th 2019, 16:41

Nguyen Dinh Sat fears his son was among the 39 found dead inside a refrigerated trailer.
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Essex lorry deaths: The Vietnamese risking it all to get to the UK

Friday, October 25th 2019, 23:49
related countries: France, United Kingdom

At a migrant camp in France, a group of Vietnamese await the final leg of their dangerous journey.
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