A Vietnam court sentenced two brothers to death Monday after a long-running land dispute spiralled into rare violence which left three police officers and a villager dead.
Residents of Dong Tam commune in a Hanoi suburb have for years clashed with authorities, accusing the military of illegally seizing their farmland for an airport.
In January officials attempted to erect a perimeter fence, but were met with villagers armed with “grenades, petrol bombs and knives”, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
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The clash left three police officers and …
In a sunny temple courtyard in Vietnam, Le Van Thang pushes an iron rod hard against his eye socket and tries to make it bend — his dizzying strength honed through years of practising centuries-old martial art Thien Mon Dao.
Thang, 28, is one of an increasing number of Vietnamese to find refuge in a sport that grew out of a need to protect the country from invaders, but now offers a route to mental wellbeing in the rapidly changing Communist nation.
Practitioners of Thien Mon Dao have long taken pride in the incredible shows of strength that form part …
They wailed and clutched white roses, praying for their dead — families of two cousins who were among 39 Vietnamese found in a truck in Britain held emotional homecomings for the young men Wednesday.
Relatives have waited weeks for their bodies to come home, after they were discovered lifeless in a refrigerated container in Essex, east of London, last month.
Hoang Van Tiep, 18, and his 33-year-old cousin Nguyen Van Hung were among 39 people found in the truck, a tragedy that has paralysed communities with grief across central Vietnam, where most of the victims came from.
On Wednesday, 16 …
She was then taken in for a private health check-up, the Kon Tum Centre for Disease Control said in a statement.
She was admitted in the hospital in Kon Tum City on Nov. 3, for intensive treatment but died on Nov. 8, the statement said.
Test results confirm she contracted A/H1N1
The European Union signed a landmark free trade deal with Vietnam on Sunday, the first of its kind with a developing country in Asia.
The agreement, paving the way for tariff reductions on 99 per cent of goods between the bloc and the Southeast Asian country, the countries announced the deal in a statement.
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It still needs the approval of the European Parliament, which is not given as some lawmakers are concerned about Vietnam’s human rights record.
The European Union has described the EU Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) as …
