Vietnam News

Nick Vujicic, an Australian evangelist who was born with no limbs, on his wheelchair, delivers his speech to a crowd of about 25,000 students and young people at My Dinh national stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thurdsay.

The Vietnam's National Assembly on Friday approved the government's nomination of Dinh Tien Dung as finance minister of Vietnam with 71.28 percent of votes in favor.

A court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced three men to death for their part in a gang which stole at least 30kg of gold and killed a shopkeeper, local media reported Friday.

Van Vu, left, looks over an award that he translated for David Simpson, right, at Mary's Cafe in Rock Hill.

The Vietnam government has given the go-ahead to a plan to protect elephants from extinction and breed domesticated ones.

In a previously undisclosed criminal complaint, Foreign Service officer Michael T. Sestak faces charges of conspiracy to commit visa fraud and bribery in an alleged scheme that investigators say spanned several countries.

Grand news for the tourists who do not want to queue up and waste time at Vietnam Embassies for Vietnam Visa - Visa-vietnam.org has announced to offer Vietnam visa within as little as 24 hours for those interested to fly to Vietnam.

The rhino horns seized from a 31-year-old man, D.V.S, at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC when he arrived from a European country May 20 Customs officers at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat Airport seized more than five kilograms of rhino horn allegedly smuggled in by a passenger Monday, two weeks after Vietnam and South Africa agreed to ... (more)

SCHOOL pupils got a lesson in rock 'n' roll when they had a visit from the former drummer from Status Quo.

Rubbish left over from firecrackers set off last Lunar New Year in Gia Loc Town, Hai Duong Province.

By LCN Staff Bristol resident, Donald Smith is in line for the most prestigious honor given to an enlisted man by the United States of America.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday hailed Vietnam's valued relationship with France and declared that the two nations are making efforts to develop their ties to the strategic partnership level in 2013.

The foundation stone on West Quay. Photo shows the Vietnamese Ambassador, Newhaven mayor, young mayor Charlotte Crookston and president of Chamber of Commerce Annie Lorys.

The massive power outage that struck in Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam's southern provinces Wednesday was caused by the cargo of a crane truck that struck a main cable.

A man was killed and three others seriously injured in the resort town of Da Lat on Wednesday after being hit by a car driven by a senior official of the Lam Dong provincial government.

Intrepid My Adventure Store has an eight-day tour of Tuscany including five nights' hotel accommodation, two nights on a farm estate, seven breakfasts, three lunches, three dinners, transport and sightseeing on tour, and an expert English-speaking tour leader from $3490 a person, twin share.

The little female Manis javanica has been released and seems to find this habitat to her satisfaction, given her liking for ants and termites; Pangolin image ; Credit: A© CPCP/ Royal Zoological Society Tran Quang Phuong is an EDGE worker who has the Zoological Society of London to thank for his membership of an exclusive club: program manager ... (more)

The main English-language daily newspaper in Vietnam had a front-page story on Wednesday mentioning Louisiana officials and others who are participating in the Deltas 2013 Vietnam conference there this week in Ho Chi Minh City.

More than 5kg of rhino horns were seized by customs officers at the Tan Son Nhat Airport in Vietnam yesterday.

A Greater Manchester man who tried to smuggle more than 700 rare and endangered corals and clams into the UK has been jailed for six months.