Vietnam
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China opens first forex trading centre on border with Vietnam
Apr 27, 2014, 07:25 PM ISTBeijing: China has opened a currency trading center, the first of its kind in the country, on the China- Vietnam border to end rampant illegal private forex trading. The ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
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Watch in pics: Bizarre market in Vietnam where train runs through narrow streets
World | Apr 21, 2014, 07:58 AM ISTNew Delhi: The market trains are very popular in Vietnam. They run in along the narrow streets so close to the pedestrians and market traders that locomotives brush past them.The route in the centre of
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Vietnam says cannot find object thought to be missing Malaysia Airlines jet door
World | Mar 10, 2014, 09:35 AM ISTKuala Lumpur: A Vietnamese official says searchers on ships worked throughout the night but could not find a rectangle object spotted on Sunday afternoon that was thought to be one of the doors of a
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Malaysia Airlines plane crashes in South China Sea
World | Mar 08, 2014, 11:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew crashed in the South China Sea on Saturday, Vietnamese state media said, quoting a senior naval official.A Vietnamese newspaper later reported that the
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'Festival of India' to begin in Vietnam from March 5
India | Mar 01, 2014, 09:40 AM ISTNew Delhi: A 10-day 'Festival of India', featuring a series of cultural events, will be held in Vietnam from March 5 to 15.The Festival of India in Hanoi would be inaugurated by the Senior Politburo
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Know about world's largest cave Son Doong in Vietnam
World | Sep 22, 2014, 09:19 AM ISTNew Delhi: Son Doong in Vietnam is the world's natural wonder and the largest cave.It is about 9 km in length, 200 metres in width and 150 metres in height.The cave was found in 1991
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Vietnam seeks investments from India Inc
Nov 22, 2013, 09:30 PM ISTMumbai: Vietnam on Friday sought investments from Indian industry in areas such as oil & gas, technology and infrastructure, saying that trade between the two nations could go up to US$ 7 billion by 2015.
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Vietnam appreciates India's role in South China Sea
World | Nov 18, 2013, 05:59 PM ISTHanoi: With India continuing to engage in oil exploration in South China Sea, Vietnam today appreciated its “constructive role” in the resources-rich area notwithstanding China's objections to Indian involvement. General Secretary of Communist Party of
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Vietnam's greatest military hero Gen Vo Nguyen Giap dies at the age of 102
World | Oct 04, 2013, 11:48 PM ISTHanoi: General Vo Nguyen Giap, who died on Friday aged 102, was considered one of history's greatest military strategists and was the architect of Vietnam's stunning battlefield victories against France and the United States.Second only
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China, Vietnam pledge to resolve South China Sea dispute
World | Aug 29, 2013, 06:57 AM ISTBeijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Binh Minh in Beijing Wednesday and pledged to resolve the dispute between the two countries in the South China Sea.Reiterating China's stance, Wang
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Vietnam beat Australia in volleyball
Other Sports | Jul 15, 2013, 09:43 AM ISTNinh Binh (Vietnam), July 15: Hosts Vietnam beat Australia 3-0 on the second day of the 10th international women's volleyball tournament, the VTV Eximbank Cup, here on Sunday.With results of 25-15, 25-16, 25-15 Vietnam outclassed
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Vietnam says, India has right to explore oil in EEZ in South China
World | Jul 11, 2013, 07:02 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 11: Notwithstanding China's objections to Indian oil exploration projects, Vietnam today asserted India has the right to pursue “exploration and exploitation work” in South China Sea as they were within Vietnamese “exclusive
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Photo exhibition highlights Indian culture in Vietnam
India | Jun 26, 2013, 08:56 AM ISTKolkata, June 26: A weeklong photo exhibition showcasing the rich Indian cultural heritage of the ancient Cham dynasty, a Hindu kingdom, in Vietnam has been attracting people here.Titled "Traces of Indian Culture in Vietnam" the
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Jungle Marathon in Vietnam
Other Sports | Apr 08, 2013, 02:46 PM ISTHanoi (Vietnam), Apr 8: Jungle Marathon -- a six-stage gruelling race through forests and the first of its kind in Vietnam -- will be held in the central Quang Binh province from May 31 to
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Over 10,000 hit by hand-foot-mouth disease in Vietnam
World | Mar 12, 2013, 10:58 PM ISTHanoi, Mar 12 : Over 10,000 Vietnamese have been affected by the hand-foot-mouth disease, a contagious viral illness that affects mostly infants and children, the health ministry said Tuesday.Nguyen Van Binh, head of the ministry's
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Crackdown on internet blogs in Vietnam
World | Sep 28, 2012, 12:49 PM ISTHanoi, Vietnam, Sep 28: The 7-iron resting against the wall in Le Quoc Quan's office is for self-defense, not sport. The human-rights lawyer and blogger has not left home without the golf club since being
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Scores killed as bus plunges into river bank length
World | May 18, 2012, 02:30 PM ISTVietnam, May 18: At least 34 people were killed and 21 others injured when a crowded bus plunged into a river bank in central Vietnam in one of the country's deadliest road accidents.Local officials said
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'Indian Exploration In Vietnam Oil Blocks Within Norms'
Mar 30, 2012, 01:05 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 30: Asserting that China's opposition to India undertaking oil exploration in Vietnamese blocks was not in accordance with UN norms, Vietnam today said the blocks are well within its sovereign territory. Maintaining
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All Five Absconder Gold Sukh Directors Brought To Rajasthan From Vietnam
India | Mar 20, 2012, 08:50 PM ISTJaipur, Mar 20: All the five absconder Gold Sukh directors including the mastermind Manavendra Pratap Singh have been brought to Jaipur by Rajasthan Police, after Interpol arrested them on February 8 in Vietnam following red
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Vietnam Fires German Falko Gotz
Football | Jan 06, 2012, 12:27 PM ISTHanoi, Jan 6: The Vietnam Football Federation has fired German coach Falko Gotz after the country's Under-23 team's dismal performance at the recent Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia.Gotz told a news conference in Hanoi he