Vietnam

Michael Nguyen has been held for nearly a year in the one-party communist state

Coal accounts for about a third of Vietnam's current energy production & is slated to rise to about 50 percent by 2030

It is not a journey for the faint of heart

Most visitors travel by foot or cycle rickshaw to see the city's ancient pagodas

Ambassador sees bilateral trade potential of $1 billion

Chief Jean Todt believes Vietnamese fans seeing the likes of five-time world champion Hamilton and Vettel is great

As he wraps up a whirlwind week in Hanoi, where his summit with Trump ended without a nuclear deal

Cohen to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on March 14

As the outcome falls far short of the pre-meeting expectations and hopes

The two leaders will meet on Wednesday

After their historic first summit in Singapore left many ambiguities on the key question of denuclearisation

Ahead of his highly anticipated second summit with Trump in Vietnam

As Hanoi prepares to host Kim and Trump for a summit

Hanoi asks the Security Council committee to grant an exemption to senior N.Korean officials

Trump and Kim are due to meet in Hanoi from February 27 to 28

After Trump revealed the summit would take place in the Vietnamese capital

As preparations kick into high gear for the peace talks

US president said he would meet the North Korean leader on February 27 and 28 in Vietnam

At least 55 activists were convicted in Vietnam in 2018

Dozens of activists have been jailed in Vietnam at pace not seen in years

The men confess eating the rare animal and livestreaming it on a social media site

More than 50 centimetres (20 inches) of rain hitting some areas

Hoang Bao was barely 20 years old when he trekked to Dien Bien Phu in northern Vietnam to fight the French

Rights groups have accused Trong's conservative government of waging brutal crackdown on dissidents

The prisoners were arrested during mass protests in June against plans for special economic zones

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang died last week after a prolonged illness

There have been comparisons between Vietnam and Afghanistan wars

Russia is Vietnam's biggest weapons supplier and Russian companies are involved in several Vietnamese energy projects

Asylum-seekers from a Vietnamese boat that ran aground in crocodile-infested waters off Australia

Michael Nguyen is the second US citizen arrested in Vietnam in recent weeks for allegedly brushing up against politics

Tensions have escalated in recent years due to Beijing building artificial islands that can host military bases

Seven people are still missing

More than 5,000 houses have been damaged, swept away, submerged or collapsed, around 82,000 hectares crops damaged

The southeast Asian country is prone to monsoon storms and floods, which frequently claim hundreds of lives every year

William Anh Nguyen, 32, was accused of "causing public disorder" during the mass protests

A popular Vietnamese news website has been suspended and fined about $10,000

Retailers such as Walmart and Amazon face uncertainty due to US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose more tariffs

The incident followed protests by thousands against government plans to lease new economic zones to foreign investor

Some activists say they migrated to Minds after content removal and abuse from pro-government netizens on Facebook

Estimates up to $6.1 million in damage in the region

People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City convicted 56-year-old Bui Hieu Vo of carrying out anti-state propaganda

The agency was born out of a war-era effort by the wives of American POWs

Development of digital currency threatens to affect the stability of the financial system

US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert says US is 'deeply troubled' over the conviction of the six people

Many of the victims died of suffocation as they tried to flee the fire

"This appears to be the latest instance of official persecution of members of this religion"

Women were integral to the communist North's battle against American "foreign invaders"

Vietnam routinely jails its critics and closely monitors activists on social media

Thousands leave southern areas, Ho Chi Minh City closes schools

The man who brought the chain to the country once flipped burgers for McDonald's in the United States