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Vietnam drops Covid restrictions for foreign visitors

Vietnam has scrapped quarantine and other travel restrictions for foreign visitors in an effort to fully reopen its border after two years of pandemic-related closure, the government said. With immediate effect, visitors entering the Southeast Asian ...

16 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Volatility of sterling disrupts winter sun holiday planning – survey

The sterling’s volatility is affecting the plans of millions of people planning winter sun holidays, a new survey has suggested. The plans of 59% of UK adults previously considering booking a foreign holiday have been affected by the pound’s recent ...

08 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Gambling addict teacher who killed himself was ‘abused by parasites’

A teacher who killed himself after battling a gambling addiction “was abused by parasites who inflict life-threatening illness for profit”, his parents said after a coroner ruled that warnings and treatment had been “woefully inadequate”. Liz and ...

04 Mar 2022 at 14:25

People-smuggling ‘lynchpin’ spent illicit cash on £1,000 Louboutin trainers

A lynchpin figure in a cross-Channel operation charging £18,500 a head to smuggle people in lorries into the UK spent his illicit cash on £1,000 Louboutin trainers and building a house in his native Vietnam. Hai Xuan Le, who lived above a nail ...

22 Feb 2023 at 14:19

Coffee prices to keep rising for at least another year, Lavazza warns

UK consumers will not see soaring coffee prices drop until the middle of next year at the earliest as “very challenging headwinds” continue to batter the industry, Lavazza has warned. The Italian coffee giant’s group chairman, Giuseppe ...

10 Jul 2024 at 10:37

World

Death toll rises to 233 after typhoon hits Vietnam

The death toll in the aftermath of a typhoon in Vietnam has climbed to 233, state media reported. Rescue workers recovered more bodies on Friday from areas hit by landslides and flash floods. State-run broadcaster VTV said emergency ...

13 Sept 2024 at 09:19

World

Indonesia seizes ton of endangered pangolin scales meant for Chinese clients

Indonesian authorities said on Tuesday that they have foiled a plot to smuggle more than a ton of scales from endangered pangolins worth more than a million US dollars. The 1.2 tons of scales worth 1.3 million dollars (£1.03 ...

26 Nov 2024 at 14:23

World

Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong dies aged 80

Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party and the country’s most powerful politician, has died following months of ill health, official media said on Friday. He was 80. “General Secretary of ...

19 Jul 2024 at 12:33

Four people killed as Typhoon Yagi makes landfall in Vietnam

World

Vietnam orders evacuations and closes airports as Typhoon Yagi approaches

Vietnamese authorities say Typhoon Yagi has killed at least four people and injured 78 others after making landfall on Saturday afternoon in the north of the country. The typhoon, described by Vietnamese meteorological ...

07 Sept 2024 at 14:32

UK public ‘not as welcoming’ to us today, says post-war Vietnamese migrant

A Vietnamese migrant who fled her home country just after the Vietnam War before reaching the UK has said the public is “not as welcoming” to migrants today. Yen Hoang Lam, 52, a GP from Wallington, near Croydon, left ...

06 May 2024 at 00:01

Movies

Barbie movie banned in Vietnam over ‘illegal image’, local reports claim

Highly anticipated summer blockbuster Barbie has been banned in Vietnam due to its use of an “illegal image”, according to local media. The film, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, reportedly contains a scene ...

03 Jul 2023 at 20:08

World

Real estate tycoon sentenced to death for fraud faces trial on new charges

The second trial for Vietnamese real estate typcoon Truong My Lan who was sentenced to death for financial fraud in April started on Thursday, state media reported. The 67-year-old chair of the real estate company ...

19 Sept 2024 at 08:52

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