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Typhoon Bualoi batters Vietnam coast, killing 11
AFP, Published on 29/09/2025
» HANOI - Typhoon Bualoi ripped roofs from buildings and uprooted electrical poles along Vietnam's coast, killing at least 11 people, local and national officials said on Monday.
Vietnam jails 4 over UK truck tragedy
AFP, Published on 15/09/2020
» Vietnam has jailed four people over their roles in the death of 39 migrants found in a refrigerated truck in Britain last year, state media said.
Vietnamese families bury first victims of UK truck tragedy
AFP, Published on 28/11/2019
» DIEN CHAU (VIETNAM) - Throngs of weeping relatives on Thursday buried the first of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck in Britain last month, in emotional ceremonies for the young victims whose deaths have rattled their rural towns.
Vietnam families to bury victims of UK truck tragedy
AFP, Published on 28/11/2019
» DIEN CHAU (VIETNAM) - The families of some of the 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck in Britain prepared for emotional burials for their children Thursday after an agonising weeks-long wait to bring their bodies home.
Vietnam families to bury victims of UK truck tragedy
AFP, Published on 28/11/2019
» CAN LOC (VIETNAM) - The families of some of the 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck in Britain prepared for emotional burials for their children Thursday after an agonising weeks-long wait to bring their bodies home.
Vietnam to repatriate 39 nationals found dead in UK truck
AFP, Published on 07/11/2019
» LONDON - Vietnam said Thursday it was working to repatriate 39 bodies now identified as Vietnamese nationals found in a truck near London last month, in a case that exposed the deadly risks of illegal migration to Europe.
Vietnam arrests eight over UK truck deaths
AFP, Published on 04/11/2019
» HANOI: Vietnam has arrested eight more people in connection with the deaths of 39 people found in a truck in Britain who are believed to be Vietnamese, police said Monday.
Families of Vietnamese missing in UK stuck with crippling migrant loans
AFP, Published on 29/10/2019
» HA TINH, Vietham: They borrowed thousands of dollars to fund their children's illegal trips to Europe, and now the Vietnamese parents of missing migrants feared dead in Britain have no idea how to pay off the crippling loans.
Bored and broke, Vietnam migrants risk lives for riches in Europe
AFP, Published on 27/10/2019
» HANOI: Young, aspirational and poor Vietnamese are risking their lives to travel to Europe, taking on large debts to join well-worn trafficking routes in the hope of a better future thousands of miles from their rural homes.
Six arrested in Vietnam for killing, eating monkey
AFP, Published on 28/12/2018
» HANOI: Six men were arrested in central Vietnam for killing and eating an endangered monkey while livestreaming it on a social media site, police said Friday.