Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

Le Cambodge croulera-t-il sous le poids de milliers d'exilés vietnamiens affamés, fuyant des champs dévastés par des flots rugissants ?

A historian in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue has given the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a historical document proving that the Hoang Sa Archipelago, also known as the Paracel Islands, belongs to Vietnam.

Bangkok - Vietnam will see a 3.9 per cent growth in gross domestic product for the first half of this year, helped by a rise in rice exports, Hanoi said yesterday.

HANOI — Vietnam on Thursday asked for international support in its struggle against "terrorism", stepping up its justification for the arrest of a human rights lawyer.

Le Vietnam, objet de vives critiques après l'arrestation d'un avocat connu pour sa défense de confrères militants des droits de l'Homme, a demandé "compréhension" et "soutien" dans sa "lutte contre les complots", dans une déclaration remise à la presse étrangère jeudi.

PHNOM PENH - Vietnamese rubber companies will speed up the progress of rubber planting in an effort to have 100,000 ha of mountainous areas in Cambodia covered with rubber trees by 2012, as agreed to by the two countries' Prime Ministers, Vietnam news agency (VNA) reported.

A court in Hanoi has rejected a lawsuit against Vietnam's prime minister seeking to halt controversial bauxite mining projects, the government reported Tuesday.

The management unit in charge of investment projects in Phu Quoc Island off the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will revoke an investment certificate and cancel out investment plans by investors on the island, an official said.

BANGKOK - On the surface, there is nothing new about Vietnam's arrest on June 13 of a prominent lawyer for the usual charges of spreading anti-state propaganda. Le Cong Dinh is American-educated - he obtained has a master's degree in law from Tulane University - and well-networked with international lawyers and human rights and pro-democracy advocates.

The outbreak of influenza A(HIN1) and the global economic recession will cost the country a possible 20 percent drop in international tourist arrivals this year, or around 840,000, according to Hoang Tuan Anh, minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The gifted No.10 is one of several Frenchmen writing chapters of amazing stories that began outside their homeland, writes Rupert Guinness.

Les pays de l'Union européenne (UE) représentés au Vietnam, "gravement préoccupés" par l'arrestation de l'avocat spécialiste des droits de l'Homme Le Cong Dinh, se sont également dit "inquiets" de ses conditions de détention, dans une déclaration commune aujourd'hui.

Vendredi et samedi dernier au musée du quai Branly de Paris , je me suis rendu aux projections de films de réalisateurs vietnamiens soutenus par les ateliers Varan créés par Jean Rouch.

A Vietnam Airlines anunciou no Paris Air Show a encomenda de mais 16 aeronaves A321 de corredor único e assinou um Memorando de Entendimento (Mou) para mais duas A350 XWB.

HANÓI - O Governo do Vietnã eliminou o estupro e outros crimes da lista de delitos puníveis com a pena de morte, embora tenha mantido o tráfico de drogas, que monopoliza as sentenças à pena capital no País.