Real estate developer Truong My Lan faces a trial in the economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City accused of leading a scam that caused damages of $30 billion, or about 4.9 per cent of Vietnam’s gross …
Vietnam farmers struggle for fresh water as drought brings salinization
Once lush rice paddies in southern Vietnam now stand cracked and dry amid a blazing heatwave. Photo: AFP Every day, farmer Nguyen Hoai Thuong prays in vain for rain to fall on the cracked dry earth of …
Pakistan asked to reap benefits of Vietnam FTAs
Vietnam has asked Pakistan to avail itself of the opportunities arising from free trade agreements (FTAs) Hanoi has signed with the European Union, the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, …
Corruption purge and tycoon’s $12bn bank fraud trial shake Vietnam
Lan’s trial — on charges of embezzlement, bribery and abuse of power — began this month and is part of a years-long corruption purge by Vietnam’s Communist party that has exposed widespread graft, …
Vietnam property tycoon on trial
HANOI: A top Vietnamese property tycoon went on trial on Tuesday accused of cheating thousands of investors in a $355-million bond scam, in the communist nation’s latest criminal case targeting …
Industrial Center YP2C among Vietnam’s 10 most potential industrial park real estate projects
The high-end industrial real estate project Industrial Center Yen Phong 2C has been honored among the 10 most potential industrial park real estate projects in Vietnam in 2024.
Is ‘Helldivers 2’ Really ‘Space Vietnam’? Not Really
Helldivers 2” is riotous fun, and there’s a reason why millions of players have gladly joined the Super Earth imperium as it fights to spread managed democracy across the stars.
Prosecutors seek death penalty for mastermind of Vietnam’s largest financial scam
Vietnamese prosecutors called on Tuesday for the death penalty to be handed to Truong My Lan, the mastermind of the Southeast Asian nation’s largest financial fraud on record, state media said.
Vietnam Communist Party to Deliberate on President Resigning
(Bloomberg) — Vietnam’s Communist Party leaders will discuss and decide on the resignation of President Vo Van Thuong at a meeting on Wednesday, according to two officials with knowledge of the …
York Vietnam vet’s haunting, powerful sculpture reflects the horrors he experienced in war
Point Man 11 Bravo was 20 years in the making. “I’m not over ‘Nam and I never will be,” said Tom Powers, who made the piece in his garage.