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Why Vietnam is celebrating the Year of the Cat, not the Rabbit
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» HANOI - As China gears up to welcome the Year of the Rabbit, Lunar New Year looks slightly different in Vietnam, where the Year of the Cat is about to begin.
13 dead after tour boat capsizes in Vietnam
Reuters, Published on 26/02/2022
» HANOI: At least 13 people were killed and four others were missing after a tourist boat capsized on Saturday in bad weather off the coast of the Vietnamese tourist town of Hoi An, an official said.
Covid pall over Vietnam's pink incense village as Lunar New Year nears
AFP, Published on 12/01/2022
» Vietnam's "incense village" is dazzling pink as workers prepare the fragrant sticks for the Lunar New Year holiday, but strict rules to stop the spread of Covid-19 are dulling its lustre.
Dragon dancers scale up ambitions in Vietnam
AFP, Published on 04/02/2021
» CAN THO (VIETNAM) - By day, Le Yen Quyen works as a pharmacist at her local health clinic in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. At night, she dances under the head of a lion on perilously high metal poles, practising her moves ahead of Lunar New Year festivities.
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’s new drunk-driving law slashes beer sales
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/01/2020
» HANOI: Vietnam’s new get-tough-on-drunk-driving law is reining in one of the world’s fastest-growing beer markets.
China's social media troll 'army' wages war on Uighurs
AFP, Published on 07/05/2019
» BEIJING: The Chinese troll army suddenly struck one evening, bombarding the Facebook pages of two pro-Uighur groups with an array of verbal grenades and offensive images.
Vietnam's 'incense village' blazes pink for lunar new year
AFP, Published on 08/01/2019
» HANOI: In Vietnam's "incense village", dozens are hard at work dying, drying and whittling down bamboo bark to make the fragrant sticks ahead of the busy lunar new year holiday.
Vietnam marks 50 years since launch of Tet Offensive
AFP, Published on 31/01/2018
» HANOI: Vietnam marked 50 years since the audacious Tet Offensive on Wednesday, in a bittersweet ceremony featuring patriotic dance performances recalling the attacks that changed the course of the Vietnam War.
50 years after key Vietnam battles, US seeks closer ties
Associated Press, Published on 22/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: A half-century after the Tet Offensive punctured American hopes of victory in Vietnam, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is visiting the former enemy in search of a different kind of win: incremental progress as partners in a part of the world the Pentagon has identified as vital for the United States to compete with China and Russia.