A spate of army jet crashes in Vietnam, together with one final month that killed the pilot, could be blamed on poor coaching and an getting old fleet of out of date warplanes, consultants instructed Radio Free Asia. State media reported {that a} Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jet piloted by Capt. …

The Berlin Excessive Courtroom has sentenced Le Anh Tu to 5 years in jail for his half within the kidnapping of a former Vietnamese provincial official. Tu, 32, was dwelling in Prague earlier than the July 2017 kidnapping of Trinh Xuan Than in a Berlin park. He fled to Vietnam, …

A gaggle of worldwide parliamentarians and activists has signed a letter to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urging Hanoi to launch Chau Van Kham, an activist detained for 4 years in Vietnam. The Australian citizen was arrested Jan. 13, 2019, after touring to Vietnam to fulfill native civil society teams …

The United Nations has condemned Vietnam’s 2018 arrest and detention of Nguyen Ngoc Anh, a 43-year-old environmental activist and farming engineer who was charged with conducting “anti-State propaganda.” The U.N.’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions known as on the Vietnamese authorities to right away launch the activist and take corrective …

A bunch of worldwide environmental teams is asking on the Group of Seven to place strain on Vietnam to launch prisoner of conscience Dang Dinh Bach. The joint statement was issued on Jan. 24, marking one 12 months since Bach was sentenced to 5 years in jail on a cost of …

Former prisoner of conscience Dang Thi Hue plans to continue her campaign against toll booth operators who cheat motorists out of money, she told RFA. Vietnam’s controversial build-operate-transfer model gives concessions to private companies to build booths across the country and run them for a set period of time before …

Vietnam’s parliament on Wednesday approved the removal of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc over COVID-19 bribery scandals that took place during his term, state media in the communist country reported. In a widely expected move, the National Assembly rubber-stamped a decision the previous day by the Communist Party of Vietnam to …

It was supposed to be a symbol of national pride. Now some see Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium as emblematic of everything that’s wrong with Vietnam’s economy. The stands have cracks and dirty puddles, the equipment and changing rooms are shabby and the toilets smell, according to the Nhan Dan …

Vietnam should not be too concerned about the risk of another COVID-19 outbreak as Chinese tourists start to return to the country, medical experts told RFA. The doctors said Vietnam’s high vaccination rate and herd immunity from previous outbreaks should mean new cases are relatively mild. The Prime Minister has …

The announcement by the Common Statistics Workplace of Vietnam that the nation’s economic system doubtless grew 8.02% final yr led to celebration amongst senior members of the Communist Celebration, however some economists forged doubt on the accuracy of the estimate and warned circumstances could also be more durable this yr. On …

Despite taking its place on the United Nations Human Rights Council this 12 months for a two-year time period, Vietnam continues to arrest and arbitrarily detain activists, human rights defenders and journalists, in accordance with 4 unbiased U.N. human rights consultants. In a letter to the Vietnamese government lately made …

Vietnamese rescue staff are nonetheless attempting to recuperate the physique of a 10-year-old boy who fell down a hole concrete pillar on New Yr’s Eve. Thai Ly Hao Nam was declared lifeless on Wednesday by the vice chairman of Dong Thap province’s Folks’s Committee. Doan Tan Buu mentioned work would …