An ambitious ‘Be Malas’: Malaysian startup enters Vietnamese market,...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14, 2015: Be Malas is anything but, if recent development and expansion plans are anything to go by. The Malaysian startup, which provides concierge services, has begun operating in...
View ArticleTycoon to the rescue as cheaper China goods flood Vietnam
HANOI, Aug 30, 2015: Soldier-turned-tycoon Nguyen Huu Duong is a fierce patriot still fighting to protect his country, four decades after battling American forces in the Vietnam War. The construction...
View ArticleVietnam sentences 7 for defrauding families of MIA soldiers
HANOI, Oct 16, 2015: A court in central Vietnam has sentenced seven people for defrauding families of Vietnam War soldiers by moving unidentified war dead into fake graves and claiming to have found...
View ArticleVietnam lawmakers ease death penalty on corruption
HANOI, Nov 27, 2015: Corrupt Vietnamese officials could be spared the death penalty if they repay at least 75% of their ill gotten gains, state media reported today, after lawmakers amended the penal...
View ArticleVietnam protests after China lands plane on disputed Spratlys
HANOI, Jan 2, 2016: Vietnam formally accused China of violating its sovereignty and a recent confidence-building pact on Saturday by landing a plane on an airstrip Beijing has built in a contested part...
View ArticleVietnam’s beloved sacred turtle dies
HANOI, Jan 20, 2016: A sacred giant turtle venerated as a symbol of Vietnam's independence struggle has died, state media said, prompting an outpouring of grief and fears the death bodes ill for an...
View ArticleVietnam warns China over oil rig deployment
HANOI, Jan 20, 2016: Vietnam has warned China not to drill for oil after Beijing moved a giant oil rig at the centre of a previous maritime standoff back into disputed waters. The move comes a day...
View ArticleAnti-China sentiment simmers in Vietnam on anniversary of border war
HANOI, Feb 17, 2016: Vietnamese activists chanted anti-China slogans in Hanoi on Wednesday as they marked the 37th anniversary of a border war with their giant neighbour, in a memorial that followed...
View ArticleVietnam’s City of Ghosts, where the dead live in style
JUST outside Vietnam's ancient imperial capital Hue is a tiny fishing town known as the City of Ghosts, where the dead live in more opulent style than the living. The spectacular tombs of Vietnam's...
View ArticleVietnam’s City of Ghosts, where the dead live in style
HUE (Vietnam), Feb 22, 2016: Just outside Vietnam's ancient imperial capital Hue is a tiny fishing town known as the City of Ghosts, where the dead live in more opulent style than the living. The...
View ArticleM’sians freak out over “prison-style†room deco; turns out it’s a NSFW...
Innocence is a virtue. OR IS IT??? Dun Dun Dun GIF from Look GIFs Well, that’s what the admins of the super popular Twitter account Jomkita (@Jomkitamy) were asking themselves when a tweet of theirs...
View ArticlePenang caught in the middle – TWO typhoons affecting the state this weekend
Penang will be facing the effects of two tropical storms that will hit the region this weekend. via GIPHY Though the storms would be making landfall in other countries, Penang authorities are getting...
View ArticleHow Asean Is Coping With Covid-19
Subscribe to our new Telegram channel for the latest updates on Covid-19 and other issues. Covid-19 is a pandemic that has affected countries worldwide as nations struggle to contain the coronavirus...
View ArticleWho Really Owns The South China Sea?
Subscribe to our new Telegram channel for the latest updates and stories. On 31 May 2021, Chinese military aeroplanes had invaded Malaysian airspace just off the coast of Sabah. In response, the Royal...
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