Category: Vietnam

At Least 13 Tourists Found Dead After Boat Capsizes Off Central Vietnam

HANOI—At least 13 tourists were found dead and four remained missing after a boat capsized off Vietnam’s central coast of Hoi An on Saturday, a city official said. “We are searching for the missing,” Nguyen Sinh, party chief of Cua Dai Ward in Hoi An City told Reuters. The accident happened when the boat was…


More Than 170 Vietnamese Activists Locked in Their Homes: Rights Group

The Vietnamese government has placed more than 170 rights activists, including their family members, under house arrest and barred them from leaving the country on “fabricated national security grounds,” a human rights group said on Thursday. Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report documenting the Vietnamese government’s “systematic blocking” of more than 170 rights activists,…


Vietnam Resumes International Flights To ‘Pre-Pandemic Level’

Vietnam’s government has lifted its COVID-19 restrictions on international flights and restored the frequency of flights to a “pre-pandemic level,” according to state-owned media. Vietnam imposed tight border controls at the start of the pandemic to contain the spread of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus—commonly known as the novel coronavirus—with initial success, but the…


Chinese National Soccer Team Losses to Vietnam, Disqualified From World Cup

In the eighth round of Group B of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifiers, the Chinese men’s national soccer team lost to Vietnam. On Feb. 1, the visiting Chinese faced the home team Vietnam, who had lost all seven rounds in the qualifiers. Chinese coach Li Xiaopeng sent in an aggressive lineup, but while…


Chinese National Soccer Team Loses to Vietnam, Disqualified From World Cup

In the eighth round of Group B of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifiers, the Chinese men’s national soccer team lost to Vietnam. On Feb. 1, the visiting Chinese faced the home team Vietnam, who had lost all seven rounds in the qualifiers. Chinese coach Li Xiaopeng sent in an aggressive lineup, but while…


Imprisoned Activist in Vietnam ‘Secretly’ Sent to Psychiatric Hospital, Says Family Member

Vietnamese human rights defender Nguyen Thuy Hanh, who was arrested for spreading information opposing the state, was taken to a psychiatric hospital without her family’s knowledge, her husband claimed in a Facebook post on Monday. Hanh was arrested on Apr. 7, 2021, for “making, storing, or spreading information, materials or items for the purpose of…


New Report Details Dangers of Plastics, Microplastics

The medical nonprofit Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI) has issued a research report outlining how plastics and microplastics may jeopardize both human health and the natural world. Released Jan. 11, the report highlights a few staggering statistics on plastics use. Notably, the plastic generated every year weighs in at roughly 380 million metric tons,…


Vietnam Says China ‘Zero COVID’ Policy Over the Top Amid Cargo Congestion at Border

Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has called on China to ease border measures, saying that the Chinese regime’s zero COVID-19 policy was “over the top” and has been causing cargo congestion at border crossings since early December. China has maintained its “zero COVID-19” strategy of mass testing, mass lockdowns, and strict border controls in…


Vietnamese Journalist Who Ran as Independent Political Candidate Jailed for 5 Years

Vietnamese journalist Le Trong Hung, who campaigned as an independent candidate in the National Assembly election, was sentenced to five years in prison by a Hanoi court on Friday after he was accused of spreading information opposing the state. Hung was convicted of “making, storing, distributing, or disseminating information, documents, and items against the State…


Chinese Regime Brings Back Public Humiliation by Parading COVID-19 Rule Breakers in Southwest China

A video circulating on Chinese social media shows people being paraded in the street for violating the Chinese regime’s pandemic regulations. The extreme measure of public humiliation caused wide criticism online. On Dec. 28, a video was circulated on YouTube and other mainland social media platforms showing four people in white protective clothing and masks,…