Advertisements Featured image: The number of Vietnamese applicants for visas to South Korea has boomed since last month | Photo credits: VNExpress South Korea Embassy flooded with visa requests in Vietnam. Thousands of Vietnamese have been lining up outside the South Korean embassy in Hanoi this week to obtain a new multiple-entry visa, and theContinue reading “Thousands of Vietnamese line up outside the South Korean embassy to obtain new visa”
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Why is Trump targeting Vietnamese-Americans for deportation, although they help Texas and the U.S thrive?
Advertisements This editorial was first published in The Dallas Morning News. Guest editorials don’t necessarily reflect the Denton Record-Chronicle’s opinions. At a recent naturalization ceremony in Dallas, former first lady Laura Bush rightly emphasized that Texas is “a land of immigrants.” Our state, she said, “is a place where people come, year after year, toContinue reading “Why is Trump targeting Vietnamese-Americans for deportation, although they help Texas and the U.S thrive?”
Belgium court declares Vietnamese woman innocent of drug trafficking charges
Advertisements A Vietnamese woman arrested in France last year for drug trafficking has been declared innocent by a Belgium court. After the Antwerp Court in Belgium declared her innocence, Pham Thi Tuyet Mai, 34, was given her passport back and a Paris court ordered judicial surveillance lifted. Mai returned to Hanoi Friday after spending 109Continue reading “Belgium court declares Vietnamese woman innocent of drug trafficking charges”
How Singaporean woman has been sexually assaulted by guest house manager in Vietnam?
Advertisements The 30-year-old woman was on holiday there with a female friend, they had arrived in Phan Thiet, a coastal city in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Thuan on Sunday afternoon, and they stayed together in a double room at a guesthouse. The city is a four-hour drive from Ho Chi Minh City and isContinue reading “How Singaporean woman has been sexually assaulted by guest house manager in Vietnam?”
Vietnamese boy fails in covering 300km on bicycle to visit sick brother in Hanoi
Advertisements A 13-year-old boy has failed in his attempt to travel 300km on a bicycle from his hometown to see his ill younger brother in Hanoi, not knowing in the first place that it was that far. Vi Quyet Chien took doctors at the Hanoi-based Vietnam National Children’s Hospital by surprise when they saw himContinue reading “Vietnamese boy fails in covering 300km on bicycle to visit sick brother in Hanoi”
Vietnamese social influencer platform Hiip raised a 7-digit round led by Thai venture capital firm Vnet Capital
Advertisements Hiip, the leading social influencer platform in Vietnam & Thailand, announced today that it has closed a 7 digit series A round led by Thailand’s Vnet Capital. Also investing were Japan Strategic Capital, Tokyo listed marketing technology company Rentracks and Singapore based Vulpes Investment Management. Hiip uses proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) technology to helpContinue reading “Vietnamese social influencer platform Hiip raised a 7-digit round led by Thai venture capital firm Vnet Capital”
Finding the excellent photos from SkyPixel’s 2018 Aerial Storytelling Contest, 3 best of the best captured by Vietnamese
Advertisements Aerial photography platform SkyPixel has announced the winners of its 2018 Aerial Storytelling Contest. The competition was run with help from DJI and attracted more than 30,000 submissions from 141 countries around the world. There 3 of best photos taken in Binh Thuan Province, Long An Province and Khanh Hoa Province of Vietnam TheseContinue reading “Finding the excellent photos from SkyPixel’s 2018 Aerial Storytelling Contest, 3 best of the best captured by Vietnamese”
12,000 Vietnamese killed by tuberculosis each year
Advertisements Vietnam is in the world’s top 30 countries and regions with high tuberculosis rates, ranking the 16th in the number of tuberculosis patients and the 13th in that of drug-resistant tuberculosis patients, Vietnam News quoted Nguyen Viet Nhung, director of the country’s National Lung Hospital on Monday According to the report, Vietnam detects 124,000 tuberculosisContinue reading “12,000 Vietnamese killed by tuberculosis each year”
Vietnamese man single-handedly fights drug habit, wins
Advertisements Despite losing an arm to a police bullet, Do Hoang Toan has painstakingly rebuilt his life to script an inspiring story. Do Hoang Toan, 64, of the southern Binh Duong Province became a drug addict as an adolescent. He joined gangs that went around stealing from other people to feed their habit. Over tenContinue reading “Vietnamese man single-handedly fights drug habit, wins”
Vietnamese women probed for selling girls to Chinese men
Advertisements Two Nghe An women are being investigated for selling two 15-year-old girls to Chinese men for VND280 million ($12,000). Ngan Thi Dua, 31, and Vi Thi Hoai Thanh, 39, residents of Tuong Duong District in the north central Nghe An Province, could face charges of human trafficking of people under 16, an offense punishableContinue reading “Vietnamese women probed for selling girls to Chinese men”
The Power of Women in boosting Vietnam’s economy
Advertisements As far as Vietnam’s economy is concerned, sisters really are doing it for themselves. More and more women are running businesses across the country. There are around 145,000 small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) currently run by women in Vietnam. Such SMEs businesses play a crucial role for growth, contributing 30 per cent of GDP and moreContinue reading “The Power of Women in boosting Vietnam’s economy”
Vietnamese man nabbed for stirring up protests during second Trump-Kim summit
Advertisements Police in Vietnam have apprehend a man for spreading faux information on social media with an attempt to incite public demonstrations during the second U.S.-North Korea Summit that took place in Hanoi earlier this week. The Department of Police in Ben Tre Province, located in the Mekong Delta, confirmed on Saturday they had arrestedContinue reading “Vietnamese man nabbed for stirring up protests during second Trump-Kim summit”
Vietnamese tourist denied entry into Taiwan over undeclared pork snack
Advertisements A Vietnamese woman fined $6,500 fine for not declaring a pork snack returned from Taiwan Wednesday without entering the territory. The 56-year-old passenger, whose name has not been revealed, was intercepted at the Taichung Airport in central Taiwan Wednesday after custom officers discovered her carrying two sticky rice dumplings filled with nuggets of porkContinue reading “Vietnamese tourist denied entry into Taiwan over undeclared pork snack”
Vietnamese-Russian joint venture has begun crude oil production at a new site in the South China Sea
Advertisements Vietnam cracks open new oil field in South China Sea with Russia. Project looks to bring Hanoi $1bn in revenue by 2032 Vietsovpetro, controlled by state-owned PetroVietnam Exploration Production and its Russian counterpart, is working at an oil field 160 km off the southern coast of Vietnam. The site is near Vietnam’s largest oil field,Continue reading “Vietnamese-Russian joint venture has begun crude oil production at a new site in the South China Sea”
Taiwan arrests 7 over disappearance of a group of 152 Vietnamese
Advertisements Seven suspected members of a human trafficking ring have been arrested in Taiwan over the disappearance of a group of 152 Vietnamese who came to the island to work illegally, authorities said on Tuesday (Jan 22). Taiwan authorities have been searching for the missing Vietnamese since last month after they landed on tourist visasContinue reading “Taiwan arrests 7 over disappearance of a group of 152 Vietnamese”