Sources: Bangkok Post
At least 56 people are killed and 37 others are injured in a fire at a nine-story apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam. 2023-09-13
The government of Vietnam reports that it has culled more than 100,000 poultry in 14 provinces so far this year in a bid to contain the spread of highly pathogenic H5N1 and H5N6 bird flu strains. 2021-02-8
Flooding in Vietnam has killed at least 28 people with nine more missing and nearly 80,000 displaced. 2013-11-17
Vietnam: The government mobilizes over 453,000 soldiers and militia members, and thousands of means of transport to cope with Typhoon Haiyan that is forecast to hit central region early Sunday. Roughly 20,000 people are evacuated from Da Nang. 2013-11-9
Nine people are killed after a train crashes into a minibus in Hanoi, Vietnam. 2011-03-31
Police in Vietnam detain prominent government critic Cu Huy Ha Vu on charges of "propaganda against the state". 2010-11-7
As many as half a million pilgrims from 35 nations, including India, China and Vietnam, attend open-air Mass at Fátima, Portugal, celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope criticises abortion and same-sex marriage in a speech. 2010-05-13
Vietnamese human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh is convicted on charges of subversion and sentenced to five years in prison. [http:--news.bbc.co.uk-2-hi-asia-pacific-8470110.stm (BBC)] [http:--vietnamnews.vnanet.vn-showarticle.php?num=04SOC200110 ("Vietnam News")] [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-165971-vietnam-dissidents-jailed-up-to-16-years-for-subversion ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2010-01-20