Vietnam

Michigan gets more than 100 complaints against former doctor

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A University of Michigan hotline has received more than 100 “unique complaints” about a late phy...
20:26 28 February 2022

Vietnam dissident Buddhist monk Thich Quang Do dies at 91

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Thich Quang Do, a Buddhist monk who became the public face of religious dissent in Vietnam while t...
10:20 25 February 2022

Mainland China virus cases rise again after earlier decline

BEIJING — Mainland China has reported another rise in cases of the new virus after a sharp decline the previous day, while the number of deaths grow b...
0:13 10 February 2022

Fears of new virus trigger anti-China sentiment worldwide

SEOUL, South Korea — A scary new virus from China has spread around the world. So has rising anti-Chinese sentiment, calls for a full travel ban on Ch...
5:49 2 February 2022

Twitter, Facebook ban fake users; some had AI-created photos

NEW YORK — Twitter has identified and removed nearly 6,000 accounts that it said were part of a coordinated effort by Saudi government agencies and in...
1:18 21 December 2021

Vietnam receives last of 39 remains of trafficking victims

DO THANH, Vietnam — The last remains of the 39 Vietnamese who died while being smuggled in a truck to England last month were repatriated to their hom...
9:48 30 November 2021

Vietnamese village holds funeral for trafficking victims

DIEN THINH, Vietnam — The village of Dien Thinh bid farewell Thursday to two of its sons, victims of a human trafficking tragedy unveiled last month w...
11:56 28 November 2021

Bodies of victims found in UK truck repatriated to Vietnam

DIEN CHAU, Vietnam — The bodies of 16 of the 39 Vietnamese who died when human traffickers carried them by truck to England last month were repatriate...
8:02 27 November 2021

Korean peninsula troubles pose US security challenge

HANOI, Vietnam — Defense Secretary Mark Esper is returning from Asia with the U.S. still facing a trio of troubles on the Korean peninsula that pose r...
21:55 21 November 2021

Bacteria-infected mosquitoes take bite out of deadly dengue

WASHINGTON — They still bite, but new research shows lab-grown mosquitoes are fighting dangerous dengue fever that they normally would spread.
21:18 21 November 2021

Vietnamese turn to traffickers to help chase fortunes abroad

DIEN THINH, Vietnam — For many Vietnamese, a job in a Western European country is seen as a path to prosperity worth breaking the law. But the risks o...
4:19 1 November 2021

Vietnamese village prays, awaits news on loved ones’ fate

DO THANH, Vietnam — The rural village of Do Thanh in central Vietnam has relied on its sons and daughters working abroad to send money back home. Now ...
0:58 27 October 2021

‘I’m dying’: Relatives await answers in smuggling case

DO THANH, Vietnam — One family received a final text from their daughter saying she couldn't breathe and was dying. Another grieving family set up a m...
16:34 26 October 2021

The Latest: Irish police arrest 5th person in truck deaths

LONDON — The Latest on the deaths of 39 people in a truck in England (all times local):
15:09 26 October 2021

The Latest: UK police arrest 4th person in truck deaths case

LONDON — The Latest on the case of 39 people found dead in a truck in England (all times local):
17:15 25 October 2021