Imprisoned Vietnam activist charged for writing ‘down with communism’
Prominent Vietnamese land rights activist Trinh Ba Phuong is facing a second charge of anti-state propaganda after prison guards found a document in his cell...
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Vietnam leader’s conciliatory tone on 50th war anniversary fuels hope but skepticism
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War this week, the chief of the ruling communist party To Lam struck a...
PHOTOS: Vietnam celebrates 50th anniversary of war’s end with grand parade
Vietnam marked the 50th anniversary of the end the Vietnam War on Wednesday with jubilation and a grand military parade – but also with a...
Vietnamese monk forced to cut short his walk through Sri Lanka, heads to India
Authorities have barred a Vietnamese Buddhist monk from continuing a barefoot pilgrimage through Sri Lanka so he’s departing instead for his final destination, India, a...
Hanoi denies Washington will snub Vietnam War commemoration
Updated April 25, 2025, 12:30 p.m. ET BANGKOK – The Vietnamese government says it is expecting a sizable U.S. presence when it marks the 50th...
Vietnam court cuts fraudster’s life sentence to 30 years
BANGKOK – An appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City has reduced the life sentence of Vietnam’s biggest corporate fraudster to 30 years in prison...
Sri Lankan police pull plug on Vietnamese monk’s tour until he changes visa
Sri Lankan police on Thursday blocked Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Minh Tue from continuing his barefoot journey around the South Asian island until he changes...
Itinerant Vietnamese monk meets opposition in Sri Lanka – from a fellow monk
A Vietnamese Buddhist monk on a barefoot pilgrimage from his homeland to India ran into some unexpected opposition in Sri Lanka on the latest leg...
Vietnam to slash provinces as top leader To Lam seeks to consolidate power
Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party approved plans to nearly halve the number of provinces, a crucial step toward enabling top leader To Lam, who faces a...
China’s Xi seeks stronger Vietnam trade ties at start of SE Asia tour
Chinese President Xi Jinping sought stronger trade ties with neighboring Vietnam at the start of a five-day swing through Southeast Asia where Beijing presents itself...
