[Taipei Times]– A Vietnamese court sentenced a secondary school physics teacher yesterday to three years in prison followed by three years of probation for hanging a banner on a bridge calling for multi-party democracy.
Vu Hung, who turns 43 on Saturday, was among nine people linked to banned pro-democracy group Bloc 8406 whose [...]
[Vietnam News]– President Nguyen Minh Triet affirmed the continued friendship, support and solidarity by the Party, State and people of Viet Nam for their Cuban counterparts during a courtesy call on former Cuban President Fidel Castro on Monday.
Triet said he believed that the Cuban people, under the leadership of the Cuban [...]
The remains of what are believed to be US servicemen who died in the Vietnam War will be handed over to the US government on September 12 in the 111th repatriation ceremony held by the two nations.
The remains to be handed over at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport include those recovered by a Vietnamese excavation team [...]
At least a thousand workers have been on strike in Binh Duong Province since Wednesday, demanding higher wages and better working conditions, their employer told AFP Thursday.
“They have violated the labor law, which may cause losses for the enterprise. So they might be fired,” said an official from An Thinh Leather Shoes Company, which produces [...]
