Hanoi (dpa) – Hanoi has denied blocking a Vatican mission working towards the beatification of former assistant archbishop Francois-Xavier Van Thuan from entering the country.
“Vietnamese authorities have not received any official request from (...)
Hanoi (dpa) – A Vietnamese court on Tuesday opened the trial of nine former executives of the scandal-hit, state-owned shipbuilding company Vinashin.
The men, who include former chairman Pham Thanh Binh, face charges of deliberately acting (...)
Hanoi (dpa) – Myanmar President Thein Sein pledged to increase trade with Vietnam 200 percent to 500 million dollars by 2015 during a two-day visit to the country, the Vietnamese government said Wednesday.
Thein Sein said he hoped Vietnam would (...)
Hanoi (dpa) – The image of a bird in a cage is familiar across cultures. However, when artist Lai Dieu Ha took off all her clothes, smeared herself in clear oil and got covered in blue feathers, for many Vietnamese in the audience, the medium (...)
Hanoi (dpa) – Authorities in northern Vietnam sacked two district officials who gave eviction orders in a scandal over land rights that rocked the nation, media reports said Friday.
The Hai Phong People's Committee on Thursday dismissed the (...)
