Vietnam suffers first slowdown in economic growth for 4 years
Vietnam’s economy has expanded an estimated 6.21 percent this year, slightly behind 2015 and marking the first slowdown in four years, but a fourth-quarter surge to 6.68 percent was the…
Lunar New Year fireworks banned in Vietnam
Vietnam is scrapping Lunar New Year fireworks, after the government told cities to pledge the money to the city’s poor instead. According to the state run newspaper Tuoi Tre news,…
Court interpreter pay dispute left Vietnamese clients waiting in custody
MELBOURNE – A year-long pay dispute between Melbourne’s Magistrates Court and Vietnamese language interpreters has finally been resolved. The dispute arose when the Melbourne Magistrate’s Court changed hiring practices that…
Vietnam sentences 18 bank officials up to 30 years in prison
An appeals court in Hanoi has sentenced 18 former officials of the state-owned Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development to prison, with terms ranging from four to 30 years,…
Seven missing after freak rains drench Australia’s outback
Unusual torrential rain in Australia‘s outback has turned the Uluru monolith into a series of cascading waterfalls and triggered flash floods, and seven people are missing including a Japanese tourist…
Japan’s Abe pays respects at Hawaii memorials on eve of Pearl Harbour trip
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has stopped at several memorials in Hawaii, one day before he will visit the site of the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbour during a trip…
Obama says he would have outrun Trump, but Trump says, ‘No way!’
US President Barack Obama has said in an interview broadcast that he would have won most Americans’ support if he had been able to run against Donald Trump for a…
Vietnamese police arrest dog theft gang
Police in the southern province of Tay Ninh have arrested six men as part of raid on a dog theft gang last week. The gang members, aged 27 to 55,…
Pope pays tribute to Iraqi Christians persecuted by Islamic State
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis paid tribute on Monday to Middle East Christians who have clung to their faith during persecution by Islamist militants, saying there are more Christians martyrs…
Chinese carrier enters South China Sea amid renewed tension
A group of Chinese warships led by the country’s sole aircraft carrier has entered the top half of the South China Sea after passing south of Taiwan, the self-ruled island’s…
