Vietnam

News Hour: A fire at a karaoke bar killed 13 people and injured two police officers in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, an official said today. The blaze started Tuesday afternoon in the busy Cau Giay...

News Hour: Landslide triggered by heavy rain has left three deaths and four missing in central Vietnam, said local authorities. According to survivors, a group of 10 people went to pick bamboo shoots in a forest...

News Hour: Vietnam carriers bought 40 airplanes worth $6.5 billion from France’s Airbus on Tuesday, as President Francois Hollande visited the communist nation to drum up business ties, reports BSS. Low-cost private airline VietJet, known for...

News Hour: Typhoon Dianmua has killed seven, leaving two others missing in northern Vietnam as of Sunday morning, said the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, reports BSS. After making landfall in northern...

News Hour: Vietnam’s domestic airlines have announced to cancel numerous flights departing and arriving at the country’s northern and central airports on Friday due to Typhoon Dianmu, reports BSS. Dianmu, the third hitting Vietnam so far...

News Hour: Hackers attacked the website of a national airline and flight information screens at Vietnam’s two biggest airports on Friday, posting notices that state media said criticized the Philippines and Vietnam and their claims in...

News Hour: Strong gales and torrential rain triggered by Typhoon Mirinae have left one dead and five injured in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi on Thursday morning, said Search and Rescue Department under Hanoi Capital City Special High...

News Hour: The World Bank and the State Bank of Vietnam today signed legal agreements for 3 projects, worth US$371 million in total, to support with economic competitiveness, climate change response and green growth, and water...

News Hour: After accelerating strongly last year, Vietnam’s economic activity moderated in the first half of 2016, with GDP expanding by 5.5 percent during the first half of 2016, compared to 6.3 percent growth in the...

News Hour: Reform of Vietnam’s land administration services got a boost today with the approval by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors of a $150 million credit for the Vietnam Improved Land Governance and Database...