HANOI – Although Vietnam has some of the world’s most stringent drug laws — those convicted of possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin...
HANOI – Vietnam has culled more than 1.2 million farmed pigs infected with African swine fever, the government said on Monday, as the virus continues to...
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia has finally freed a Vietnamese woman who spent more than two years in prison on suspicion of killing the half-brother of North...
KUALA LUMPUR – Almost Two years after North Korea’s Kim Jong Un’s half brother Kim Jong Nam was murdered, a Malaysian court on Monday dropped the...
CHIANG RAI – A 47 Year-old Chinese man has been arrested at Chiang Rai’s Mae Fah Luang Airport after trying to smuggle 1Kg of Ketamine powder...
HANOI – Thao Thi Van was just two when her mother disappeared during a trip to the market, likely taken by traffickers preying on women...
NAKHON PATHON – Authorities in Northeastern Thailand arrested a Vietnamese woman at the Nakhon Phanom-Tha Kaek border crossing on Sunday after ivory was found in...
HANOI – Two girls sprint from a hair salon into a car that will lead them back to safety in Vietnam — a snapshot of...
BANGKOK – Thailand may be among the world’s top 10 tourism destinations, but for overseas investors it’s about as popular as a beach holiday in...
HANOI – U.S.Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has made his second visit to Vietnam this year, signaling how intensively the Trump administration is trying to counter China’s...
BANGKOK – Pol Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn the new Immigration Bureau chief, told a press briefing today that two Vietnamese men have been arrested on charges...
HANOI – A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced a South African man to death after finding him guilty of trafficking nearly 1.5 kilograms of...
ARIZONA – U.S. Senator John Sidney McCain, who ran unsuccessfully for president as a self-styled maverick Republican in 2008 and became a prominent critic of...
HANOI – A Vietnamese website, which only works when users correctly answer a quiz about disputed islands in the South China Sea, has infuriated scores...
HANOI – A Vietnamese court found two Vietnamese-Americans guilty of terrorism on Wednesday and sentenced them to 14 years in prison for masterminding a series...
HANOI – Police in Vietnam have arrested seven people over the “terrorist” bombing of a police station in Ho Chi Minh City last month that injured...
Southeast Asia is now one of the most popular destinations for retirees looking to expand their horizons whilst benefiting from a relatively low cost of living....
– HANOI, Vietnam — A Vietnamese court began a major corruption trial on Monday of 22 defendants, including a former senior Vietnamese Communist Party official and...
– BANGKOK – Three Vietnamese nationals have been arrested for smuggling rhino horns worth an estimated 15milllion baht ($430,000) into Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport on Sunday. The...
– HANOI – Vietnam has sentenced eight drug traffickers to death for smuggling 300 kilos (660 pounds) of heroin to China, some of it in gas...