Conversations on Vietnam Development
Foreign experts voiced their concerns over China’s recent actions in the East Vietnam Sea during an ongoing international conference on cooperation, security, and development in the waterway in Hanoi. Tiếp tục đọc “Foreign experts criticize China’s actions in East Vietnam Sea”
A large flock of rare snakebirds was recently discovered at a tourist site in the southern Vietnamese province of Dong Nai.
The birds have been nesting on the islets dotting Long An Lake in the Buu Long Tourist Area, according to Le Viet Dung, deputy head of the provincial forest protection department.
The snakebirds living on the islets number about 500, Dung estimated, adding that it is one of the biggest flocks of snakebirds to have been discovered in Vietnam.
This is also the first time the bird species has been sighted in Dong Nai Province.
“We are also working on a plan to better preserve the rare bird species and will soon submit the plan to higher authorities for discussion,” Dung elaborated. Tiếp tục đọc “Rare snakebirds spotted in southern Vietnamese province”
Vietnam is struggling to curb fraud in exports destined for America, custom officials said Thursday, as manufacturers seek to dodge punishing tariffs due to the US-China trade spat by illegally using “Made in Vietnam” labels.
Exporters have started shifting production from China to Vietnam to avoid steep tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods. Tiếp tục đọc “Hanoi struggles to curb fake ‘Made in Vietnam’ goods”
A woman has become the first Vietnamese national to be granted the honorary citizen of Seoul title for her contributions to the South Korean capital.
Le Nguyen Minh Phuong, a native of the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang, was among 18 foreigners awarded the honorary citizenship of Seoul in 2019 at a ceremony held at Seoul City Hall on Wednesday. Tiếp tục đọc “First Vietnamese named honorary citizen of Seoul”
Total number of arrests in Vietnam rises to 10 in connection with deaths of 39 people found in truck in UK last month.
![British police initially said the victims were Chinese [File: UK Pool via AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2019/10/23/f3d39f6a7141425ca2726759af31db31_18.jpg "Vietnam arrests 8 more suspects over UK truck deaths")
Vietnam has arrested eight more people in connection with the 39 people found dead in a truck in the United Kingdom who are believed to be Vietnamese, according to police.
Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam arrests 8 more suspects over UK truck deaths”
The official Nghe An newspaper said Nguyen Nang Tinh was found guilty of publishing photos, videos and comments on his personal Facebook page with messages to instigate demonstrations and oppose the government.
It said Tinh, as a musical teacher, also taught his students anti-state songs. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam court convicts music teacher of anti-state actions”
Thu Thiem church complex on Thu Thiem peninsula in HCM City’s District 2 (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNS/VNA) – The Thu Thiem Catholic Church complex will be preserved as a national relic under the Cultural Heritage Law, an official said at a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on November 12. Tiếp tục đọc “Thu Thiem Catholic Church to be preserved as national relic”
Vietnam has been honored for the first time with the highest award at the annual World’s Best Rice competition.
Organized by The Rice Trader, a publication providing in-depth analysis of the global rice industry, the contest was one of the key events at the 11th World Rice Conference in Manila, the Philippines from November 10 to 13. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam wins world’s best rice title for 1st time”
Voice of America
13 Nov 2019, 22:05 GMT+10
HO CHI MINH CITY – It is fairly common that a person accused of a crime has the right to an attorney, but what about the victim of the alleged crime? This question was raised in Vietnam, which has now answered it with a regulation that guarantees victims the right to legal representation. This could also have a direct effect on the problem of human trafficking in Vietnam. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam Law Codifies Abuse Victims’ Right to Lawyer”
Three years after Al Jazeera uncovered Vietnamese human trafficking practices to the UK, the business is still going strong.
![UK police have charged the truck's 25-year-old driver with 39 counts of manslaughter [Hannah McKey/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2019/10/28/4872220f693c4c3fb9d9eea5c6c2f84c_18.jpg "UK truck deaths: How Vietnam is still a hotbed of people traffickers")
It was a terrifying way to die. The grim discovery of 39 people found frozen to death inside a container at the back of a truck in southern England earlier this month is a stark reminder of the risks people will take in search of a better life.
Police initially believed all the dead were Chinese citizens but more than 20 Vietnamese families, almost all from the same region, have since expressed fears that their loved ones were among the victims. Some say almost all of the 39 victims were Vietnamese.
British police have charged the truck’s 25-year-old driver with 39 counts of manslaughter.
The regular and highly dangerous smuggling of people from Vietnam to the United Kingdom was revealed in a 2016 Al Jazeera documentary.
Britain’s Modern Slave Trade revealed that Nghe An province – where families held a vigil for the truck victims last week – is a hotbed of people traffickers.
In one of Vietnam’s poorest regions, criminal gangs often exploit young people who are desperate to go to Western Europe and send money back to their families. Tiếp tục đọc “UK truck deaths: How Vietnam is still a hotbed of people traffickers”
World Organisation for Animal Health says no country is immune from being hit by the deadly animal virus
![African swine fever, which has hit the world's top pork producer, China, especially hard, originated in Africa before spreading to Asia and Europe [File: Kacper Pempel/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2019/10/30/aaf3e1d7582b462faca8fdd43b067b1e_18.jpg "African swine fever keeps spreading across Asia")
African swine fever will spread further across Asia, where it has devastated herds, and no country is immune from being hit by the deadly animal virus, the head of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday.
Tiếp tục đọc “African swine fever keeps spreading across Asia – Đặc điểm dịch tả lợn Châu Phi”
Neither mouse nor deer, this Vietnamese ungulate is shy, walks on the tips of its hooves and was just spotted in the wild for the first time in almost 30 years.
Environmental group Global Wildlife Conservation said the silver-backed chevrotain, known as the Vietnamese mouse deer, had been recorded in the wild only five times until a team of researchers recently rediscovered it outside Nha Trang.
A small, deer-like animal thought to have been extinct has been spotted for the first time in three decades in the northwestern jungle of #Vietnam, providing hope that reports of the animal’s demise may have been overstated.
There had been no confirmed sightings of the silver-backed chevrotain or ‘#mousedeer’ since 1990. But Vietnamese biologist An Nguyen along with colleagues Barney Long and Andrew Tilker refused to give up on the ungulate from the species, Tragulus versicolor. The mouse deer boast two-tone coloration and grey hairs tipped with white and are about 18 inches (45 centimeters) tall.
CVD 