New Zealand’s lockdown extended, Vietnam deploys troops to enforce lockdown
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday extended New Zealand’s strict nationwide COVID-19 lockdown saying the current outbreak of the Delta variant of the coronavirus had...
Vietnam
Have you seen this woman?
Police on Tuesday issued a missing person bulletin for 48-year-old Nguyen Thi Chung who has been missing from her place of residence in Nicosia since...
US aircraft carrier arrives in Vietnam on landmark visit
A US aircraft carrier arrived in Vietnam on Monday for the first time since the end of the Vietnam War, dramatically underscoring the growing strategic ties between the former...
Floods, landslides in Vietnam kill 37 people, thousands evacuated
Floods caused by a tropical depression in Vietnam killed 37 people, one of the highest death tolls recorded in the country from flooding, the disaster...
Fury in Vietnam over United passenger dragged from plane
By Mai Nguyen Outrage spread to Vietnam on Wednesday over United Airlines’ handling of a passenger dragged from his seat after it emerged that the...
Vietnam PM orders probe after karaoke blaze kills 13
A fire that broke out at a karaoke lounge in Vietnam’s capital killed at least 13 people, the government said on Wednesday, in a rare...
Vietnam reports first microcephaly case likely linked to Zika – govt agency
Vietnam’s health ministry on Sunday reported a microcephaly case that it says is likely to be the country’s first linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus....
Somali pirates free 26 Asian sailors held since 2012
Somali pirates have freed 26 Asian sailors held captive in a small fishing village for more than four years since their ship was hijacked in...
China slams South China Sea case as court set to rule
An international court said on Wednesday it would deliver a hotly anticipated ruling in the Philippines’ case against China over the South China Sea on...
US lifts arms ban on old foe Vietnam as regional tensions simmer (Updated)
The United States announced an end to its embargo on sales of lethal arms to Vietnam on Monday, an historic step that draws a line...
Obama, bound for Vietnam, seeks to turn old foe into new partner
By Matt Spetalnick U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday headed for his first visit to Vietnam, a trip aimed at sealing the transformation of an...
China offers ASEAN friendship, loans as South China Sea tension bubbles
By Simon Webb and Paul Mooney China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang proposed a friendship treaty with Southeast Asian countries and offered $20 billion in loans...
Top China diplomat to visit Vietnam amid oil rig row
By Megha Rajagopalan China’s top diplomat will visit Vietnam this week, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, in the highest level direct contact between the two countries since tensions flared over the...
Vietnam vs. China in the South China Sea
By Dr. Andrestinos N. Papadopoulos, Ambassador a.h. THE LATIN maxim “audeatur et altera pars”, meaning that in a dispute you should also listen to the...
Trouble in the South China Sea
By Gwynne Dyer IF YOU were running China, and you wanted to distract your own population from economic woes at home by pushing one of...
China urges talks, says no “clash” in sea row with Vietnam
By Ben Blanchard and Nguyen Phuong Linh China on Thursday rejected Vietnamese claims it acted aggressively in the South China Sea and called for a...
The Kennedy Temptation
By Ian Buruma FIFTY YEARS ago this month, President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Many Americans believe that this tragic event marked...
‘Massive destruction’ as typhoon kills at least 1,200 in Philippines, says Red Cross
By Manuel Mogato One of the strongest typhoons ever to make landfall devastated the central Philippines, killing more than 1,000 people in one city alone...
Super typhoon flattens Philippine city, killing at least 100
By Bobby Ranoco Possibly the strongest typhoon ever to hit land devastated the central Philippine city of Tacloban, killing at least 100 people, turning houses...
Typhoon Nari hits Vietnam, 122,000 people evacuated
By Ho Binh Minh Typhoon Nari knocked down trees and damaged hundreds of houses in central Vietnam early on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of tens...