Mekong countries' leaders call for $66 billion investment
Mar 31, 2018
The leaders of six countries along the Mekong River have adopted an ambitious investment plan worth $66 billion over the next five years.
Vietnam jails ex-Politburo member over oil giant's losses
Mar 29, 2018
A Vietnamese court has sentenced a former Communist Party Politburo member to 18 years in prison after finding him guilty of mismanagement at a state oil giant that cost millions of dollars
S. Korea president's Vietnam visit aims to deepen trade ties
Mar 23, 2018
Vietnam and South Korean aim to substantially increase their bilateral trade during Moon Jae-in's three-day visit to the Southeast Asian country
Vietnam trying ex-Politburo member over oil giant's losses
Mar 19, 2018
A court has begun the trial of a former Politburo member accused of mismanagement at state oil giant PetroVietnam that cost millions of dollars
Former Vietnam Prime Minister Phan Van Khai dies at 84
Mar 17, 2018
Phan Van Khai, an architect of Vietnam's economic rise and the country's first prime minister to visit the United States since the war, has died
Policemen, protesters hurt in Cambodian land dispute
Mar 8, 2018
At least seven policemen and two protesters have been hurt in a clash after villagers in northeastern Cambodia blocked a national highway to protest being forced off land they have occupied for at least two years
US Navy carrier's visit to Vietnam puts China on notice
Mar 5, 2018
For the first time since the Vietnam War, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier is paying a visit to a Vietnamese port, seeking to bolster both countries' efforts to stem expansionism by China in the South China Sea
Cambodian court orders seizure of former opposition HQ
Feb 27, 2018
A court in Cambodia has ordered the seizure of the headquarters of the country's former opposition party, which was dissolved last November after a ruling that it was involved in trying to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen
Vietnam jails activist for livestreaming pollution march
Feb 7, 2018
A court in central Vietnam has sentenced an activist to 14 years in jail for livestreaming fishermen marching to file a lawsuit against a Taiwan-owned steel plant's spill of toxins into the ocean
Vietnam gives life term to oil exec after alleged abduction
Feb 5, 2018
A court in Hanoi has handed a life prison term to a former executive at Vietnam's state oil giant who Germany said was kidnapped from there by Vietnamese agents last year
