Dread builds in Vietnam over fate of missing UK migrants
by Tran Thi Minh Ha Agence France Presse NGHE AN, Vietnam (AFP) -- Dread mounted across Vietnam on Sunday…
7 years ago
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Up to 20 Vietnamese feared among 39 UK truck dead
by Tran Thi Minh Ha Agence France Presse NGHE AN, Vietnam (AFP) -- As many as 20 Vietnamese citizens…
7 years ago
Abominable’ won’t be screened in Malaysia over S. China Sea map
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Animated film "Abominable" will not be shown in Malaysia after its distributor Sunday said…
7 years ago
What is dengue, and why is it so widespread this year?
by Jenny VAUGHAN HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- Dubbed "breakbone fever", dengue is one of the world's leading mosquito-borne illnesses and…
7 years ago
Mosquito trials raise hopes of defeating dengue
by Jenny VAUGHAN NHA TRANG, Vietnam (AFP) -- Hundreds dead in the Philippines; a threefold increase of cases in Vietnam;…
7 years ago
Australia urges ‘sovereignty’ as S. China Sea tensions rise
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- Australia's prime minister on Friday urged nations in Asia to stand up for their "independence and…
7 years ago
US raps China for ‘escalation’ in South China Sea
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States on Thursday sharpened its criticism of China's activities in disputed areas of…
7 years ago
Vietnam criticizes China over vessels in disputed waters
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- Vietnam has accused China of trespassing and demanded a Chinese survey ship in the South…
7 years ago
Philippines agree to joint China probe over boat sinking
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- China and the Philippines agreed to conduct a joint inquiry over the sinking of a…
7 years ago
Despite culls, import bans, swine fever to hit pork market for years
by Jenny VAUGHAN Agence France Presse HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- Millions of pigs have been culled as African Swine…
7 years ago
Grandma Ca: the 99-year-old standing up to Vietnam’s coal rush
by Tran Thi Minh Ha, with Jenny Vaughan in Tuy Phong VIETNAM (AFP) -- Toothless and nearly blind, grandmother Pham…
7 years ago
Mineral misery: Vietnam salt farmers battered by imports, climate
by Jenny VAUGHAN / Tran Thi Minh Ha HON KOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- The salt farmers of Hon Khoi rise…
7 years ago
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