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Vietnamese court finds Australian guilty of terrorism
Associated Press, Published on 11/11/2019
» HANOI: A Vietnamese court on Monday sentenced a 70-year-old Australian to 12 years in jail on terrorism charges, state media reported.
American accused of Vietnam overthrow plot gets 12-year term
Associated Press, Published on 25/06/2019
» HANOI: A Vietnamese court has sentenced an American to 12 years in jail for what was described as an attempt to overthrow the Communist nation's government.
Vietnam nominates Communist Party chief as president
Associated Press, Published on 04/10/2018
» HANOI: Vietnam's ruling Communist Party has nominated its general secretary for the additional post of president, succeeding President Tran Dai Quang, who died last month, and ending a decades-long policy of separating top leadership positions.
Vietnam sentences South African man to death for drugs
Associated Press, Published on 28/08/2018
» HANOI: A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced a South African man to death after finding him guilty of trafficking nearly 1.5 kilogrammes of cocaine.
Vietnam jails 23 on charges of terrorism, subversion
Associated Press, Published on 28/12/2017
» HANOI: Vietnamese courts have handed down harsh prison sentences to 23 people after finding them guilty of terrorism and subversion, including in a bombing linked to an exiled group, state media reported on Thursday.
Vietnam seizes over 1 tonne of African ivory
Associated Press, Published on 07/09/2017
» HANOI -- Authorities have seized more than a ton of smuggled ivory at a Vietnamese port where some 6 tonnes were seized last year.
Vietnam battles dengue outbreaks with 42% more cases
Associated Press, Published on 18/08/2017
» HANOI -- Vietnam has been battling raging dengue fever outbreaks with more than 10,000 new infections reported over the past week stretching its medical system.
Indonesia navy denies wounding 4 Vietnam fishermen
Associated Press, Published on 25/07/2017
» JAKARTA -- Indonesia's navy has disputed reports that four Vietnamese fishermen were wounded in a weekend incident that was the second clash between the two countries in the South China Sea in two months.
Vietnam seizes ivory smuggled from South Africa
Associated Press, Published on 10/07/2017
» HANOI -- Police in northern Vietnam have seized nearly 3 tonnes of ivory smuggled from South Africa in the latest action taken against the illegal trade.
Vietnam exiles dissident after stripping him of citizenship
Associated Press, Published on 25/06/2017
» HANOI -- Vietnamese authorities have deported a dissident after stripping him of his Vietnamese citizenship.