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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."
Vietnam detains climate activist on tax charges
AFP, Published on 02/06/2023
» HANOI: Vietnamese authorities have detained a prominent climate activist for alleged tax evasion, her husband said on Friday, adding to a list of environmentalists facing the accusation.
Activists decry 'repression' as UN chief visits Vietnam
Published on 21/10/2022
» HANOI: A “new wave of repression” in Vietnam is jeopardising progress in tackling climate change, human rights groups told United Nations chief Antonio Guterres Friday as he began a visit to Hanoi.
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 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.
Vietnamese gang among 60 arrested in Songkran sweep
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/04/2018
» More than 60 foreign nationals have been arrested for either overstaying their visas or entering the country illegally during recent police crackdowns.