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Drug Trafficking: Another Nigerian sentenced to death in Vietnam

Ihesiulo Grace 14 April 2021 0

For transporting three kilograms of methamphetamine from Cambodia to Vietnam, a 25-year-old Nigerian was sentenced to death. On Tuesday, April 13, Unachukwu Chiluba Paulinus was convicted in a court in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh. On February 19, 2020, he was apprehended while

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Vietnam joins other countries in queue to buy Russian COVID-19 vaccine

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2020 0

Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has registered to purchase Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine, a broadcast on state-run Vietnam Television (VTV) said on Friday. “In the meantime, Vietnam will still continue developing the country’s own COVID-19 vaccine,” the announcement said, citing the Health Ministry. READ ALSO: Russia recommends COVID-19 vaccine for people between… Russian

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Vietnam busts inter-provincial drug trafficking ring

Ihesiulo Grace 9 June 2020 0

Police in the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi have cracked down an inter-provincial drug trafficking ring, arresting six people and seizing over 9kg of suspected crystal methamphetamine, Vietnam News Agency reported on Tuesday. According to the report, members of the ring have trafficked drugs from northern Dien Bien province to Hanoi and northern Vinh Phuc […]

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WHO praises Vietnam for quick defeat of Coronavirus, records no deaths

Ihesiulo Grace 6 May 2020 0

Vietnam has defeated coronavirus and presently have no record of deaths. “Vietnam didn’t just flatten its coronavirus curve, it crushed it,” the Guardian reports. No deaths have been reported, official case numbers have plateaued at just 271, and no community transmissions of the virus have been reported in the last two weeks. On 23 April, […]

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No deaths: the world can learn from Vietnam’s coronavirus response

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2020 0

Despite sharing a border with China, Vietnam has, with a combination of early decisive action, extensive testing, vigorous quarantining and social unity, so far avoided the devastation seen in Europe and the United States. With coronavirus infections in the mere hundreds, Vietnam’s response to the crisis has earned praise from the World Health Organization (WHO).

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COVID-19: Vietnam paper suspends print edition after reporter contracts virus

Ihesiulo Grace 30 March 2020 0

Vietnam News, the country’s largest English-language newspaper, is suspending its daily print edition for more than two weeks after one of its reporters tested positive for the coronavirus. The paper made this known in a statement on Monday. READ ALSO: COVID-19: Man who faked coronavirus symptoms hospitalized “It is with great regret that we announce […]

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Vietnam seizes 29 kilos of rhino horns from S/Korean visitor

Ihesiulo Grace 4 March 2020 0

Customs officials at an airport in Mekong Delta have seized rhino horns weighing almost 29 kilograms from a Vietnamese passenger arriving from South Korea, authorities said on Wednesday. The incidence was discovered on Monday when customs official at Can Tho International Airport scanned two luggage owned by Do Thanh Son and found the suspected items […]

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Remains of all 39 lorry death victims returned to Vietnam

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2019 0

The remains of all of the 39 migrants found dead in a lorry in England last month after being trafficked into the country have been returned to Vietnam, the government said in a statement on Saturday. The final 23 victims were received at Hanoi airport in the morning and then transported to the central Vietnamese […]

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Vietnamese minister dies after falling from eighth-story balcony

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2019 0

Vietnam’s deputy minister of education died on Thursday morning after falling from the eighth floor of his office, the ministry said. Le Hai An, 48, died at 7:10 am (0010 GMT) Thursday due to what the education ministry reported in a statement as an accident, although they failed to specify the exact cause. According to […]

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Vietnam Celebrates 40th War Anniversary

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

Vietnam is holding a parade to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the military victory that ended the Vietnam War and reunified the country under communist rule. As top officials looked on Thursday, thousands of flag-waving Vietnamese soldiers, war veterans, and others marched toward the center of Ho Chi Minh City. The parade was a reenactment […]

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Vietnam Commemorates 40th Anniversary

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2015 0

Vietnam is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War with a military parade through the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, BBC reports. On 30 April 1975 the city – which was then called Saigon and was the capital of South Vietnam – was captured by communist troops from the North. […]