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'Severely punished': Vietnam environmental activists face crackdown
AFP, Published on 25/10/2023
» HANOI - Hoang Thi Minh Hong had worried for months she could become the next environmental activist swept up in Vietnam's crackdown, so she closed her NGO and began keeping a low profile.
Kenya mall siege survivor says retelling ordeal helps to heal
AFP, Published on 20/09/2023
» NAIROBI - "Please let them not kill us, let them not kill us."
Trio win Nobel Economics Prize for 'natural experiments'
AFP, Published on 11/10/2021
» STOCKHOLM - Canadian David Card, Israeli-American Joshua Angrist and Dutch-American Guido Imbens on Monday won the Nobel Economics Prize for insights into the labour market and "natural experiments", the jury said.
Vietnam F1 Grand Prix gets go-ahead despite virus fears
AFP, Published on 18/02/2020
» HANOI: Vietnam's inaugural Formula One Grand Prix will take place in Hanoi in April as planned, organisers told AFP on Tuesday, avoiding the fate of the Chinese Grand Prix which was postponed over the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
Vietnam quarantines area with 10,000 residents over coronavirus
AFP, Published on 13/02/2020
» BINH XUYEN (VIETNAM) - More than 10,000 people in villages near Vietnam's capital were placed under quarantine Thursday after six cases of the deadly new coronavirus were discovered there, authorities said.
Vietnam quarantines area with 10,000 residents over coronavirus
AFP, Published on 13/02/2020
» BINH XUYEN, Vietnam: Villages in Vietnam with 10,000 people close to the nation's capital were placed under quarantine on Thursday after six cases of the deadly new coronavirus were discovered there, authorities said.