The Latest Breaking News from Vietnam

The Greatest Beer Run Ever review – Zac Efron’s charm can’t save Vietnam misfire

Toronto film festival: Green Book director Peter Farrelly makes an equally cliche-ridden follow-up, the true story of a man bringing beers to his army buddies

The Guardian - US · Sep 14, 2022

Did Queen Elizabeth really throw coins to poor children? Nope, the video in question was filmed in 1899

After news broke of Queen Elizabeth II’s death, social media users in some corners of the internet started sharing a video showing two women, one of them said to be the queen, throwing coins to children. Some people claimed that the video was filmed during the queen’s visit to an…

France 24 · Sep 14, 2022

Green activists urge U.N. rights body to reject Vietnam's bid to join

More than 50 winners of a prominent global environmental prize have called on the U.N. human rights council (UNHRC) to reject Vietnam's effort to join it, citing a crackdown on climate activists in the Southeast Asian nation.

Reuters · Sep 14, 2022

Vietnamese fishing boat burns, sinks after being caught

SONGKHLA: A Vietnamese fishing boat went up in flames and sank after it was caught trawling in Thai waters and its five crewmen arrested in the Gulf of Thailand off this southern province on Sunday.

Bangkok Post · Sep 12, 2022

Curb dodgy durian trade

The rise in the discovery of substandard durians meant for export to China is raising an alarm in the local durian industry.

Bangkok Post · Sep 11, 2022

Vietnamese iced coffee: an expert guide

"The best thing about Vietnamese coffee is that it's incredibly humble and so easy"

Salon · Sep 10, 2022

Vietnam’s VinFast to ship EVs to N America, Europe

VinFast, an electric carmaker backed by Vietnam’s richest man, will ship about 5,000 vehicles to customers in the United States, Canada and Europe early November and begin global deliveries a month later, according to a statement from parent company Vingroup JSC.

Bangkok Post · Sep 10, 2022

Analysis: Vietnam and Afghanistan — America's 2 longest wars, with very different lasting impacts

WASHINGTON — When a comparison was made between the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan a year ago and a similar debacle in Vietnam 46 years earlier, President Joe Biden and his administration recoiled.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 9, 2022

U.S. business groups warn Vietnam data rules may threaten investment

U.S. business groups warned on Friday a new regulation in Vietnam that will make technology firms store data locally and set up a local office was creating uncertainty and could have a "considerable impact" on investment.

Reuters · Sep 9, 2022

‘A leader of the world’: south-east Asian countries open to Putin pivot

Only Singapore has imposed sanctions, while others have been receptive to Moscow’s offers of friendship

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2022