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Mighty Typhoon Yagi breaks 30-year record in Vietnam

September 11, 2024 by Yasin Fatima

HANOI: Typhoon Yagi has claimed more than 140 lives while causing destruction in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi.

As per the reports, Typhoon Yagi — the strongest cyclone of this year — has unleashed destruction in Vietnam’s north. The reports mention the loss of more than 140 lives and the injury of hundreds, while the whereabouts of many remain unknown.

Most casualties happened as a result of mudslides and floods.

Following the cyclone, around 1.5 million people were affected by a power outage.

Around 50,000 people have been evacuated from the coastal areas of Vietnam.

Typhoon Yagi’s strength broke a 30-year record in Vietnam. Before making landfall in Vietnam, the typhoon had hit China and the Philippines, claiming 24 lives.

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Philippines and Vietnam announce historic first joint coast guard exercise

August 5, 2024 by Sana Fatima

The Philippines and Vietnam will launch their first joint Coast Guard exercise in Manila Bay on August 9. The exercise is part of a commitment to enhance maritime cooperation between the two Southeast Asian nations. The exercise is part of a larger effort to de-escalate the South China Sea dispute, which China claims. The Philippines … Read more

Study shows that Indonesians have highest Global Microplastic intake

June 19, 2024 by Sana Fatima

Southeast Asian countries, including Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, also lead in microplastic consumption. Major regions, like Jakarta and Bali, have implemented bans on single-use plastics. The study expands on earlier research on the presence of plastic particles in fish, crabs, and chicken eggs. A recent study by Cornell University shows that Indonesians top global … Read more

India Fears Losing Smartphone Export Race to China, Vietnam

February 14, 2024 by Hamza Ali

High tariffs risk India’s smartphone export to China, Vietnam. Deputy IT Minister urges quick tariff reduction for global appeal. Strategic tariff shift needed with exports at 25% amid domestic saturation. India faces the risk of losing out to global competitors such as China and Vietnam. Government documents reveal the concerns of India’s deputy IT minister, … Read more

United States slams Vietnam for jailing climate activist

September 29, 2023 by Aimen Siddiqui

Vietnam activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong gets 3-year prison term for $280,000 tax fraud. US State Department strongly criticizes Hong’s imprisonment. Human rights activists denounce the verdict as a “sham.” The United States State Department has expressed strong disapproval of the incarceration of Hoang Thi Minh Hong, a prominent environmental activist in Vietnam, who has … Read more

Taiwan’s Scholarship Gambit: Keeping International Graduates

September 14, 2023 by Aimen Siddiqui

Taiwan introduces scholarships to attract and retain international STEM students. Foreign offices are to be set up in Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines to attract more global students. $162 million allocated; students eligible for government scholarships and company-sponsored living allowances. To achieve its 2030 goal of enrolling 320,000 international students, the Ministry of Education plans … Read more

US-Vietnam Ties Strengthened as Hanoi Ups Diplomatic Status

September 10, 2023 by Hamza Ali

US President Joe Biden visited Vietnam and secured agreements with Southeast Asian nations on semiconductors and minerals. Vietnam elevated the US to the highest diplomatic status, placing it on par with Russia and China. Vietnam is navigating its historical ties with Russia amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and is reportedly negotiating an $8 billion … Read more

Asian Nations Reject China’s South China Sea Map

September 1, 2023 by Muhammad Sher

Philippines urges China to abide by international law. Malaysia files diplomatic protest over the map. China’s U-shaped line covers a vast portion of the South China Sea. Several Asian countries, including the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam, have dismissed a recent map released by China, which asserts its sovereignty claims over the South China Sea. … Read more

Vietnam can learn from defeat against US in Women World Cup: Head coach

July 22, 2023 by Muzzammil Mehboob

The head coach of Vietnam expressed that his team would learn valuable lessons. Vietnam was one of eight debutants in the expanded World Cup field. Vietnam will face Portugal on Thursday in Hamilton.. After losing 3-0 to the four-time champion United States at Auckland’s Eden Park on Saturday, the head coach of Vietnam Mai Duc … Read more

Vietnam seizes seven tonnes of Angolan ivory

March 21, 2023 by Shehroze Aqueeque

Vietnam authorities seized seven tonnes of smuggled Angolan ivory on Monday. A Vietnamese court sentenced a man to 13 years in prison. The government is still investigating the case. VIETNAMESE authorities seized seven tonnes of smuggled Angolan ivory on Monday (March 20), the largest seizure of wildlife products in years, according to the government. … Read more

Vietnam Communist Party has nominated Vo Van Thuong as its new president

March 1, 2023 by Qurat ul Ain Khan Qurat ul Ain

Vo Van Thuong was elected as the country’s new president.
Thuong is the party’s youngest Politburo member.
Thuong’s nomination by the party’s Central Committee supports an earlier decision by the Politburo.

Vietnam’s Communist Party has chosen Vo Van Thuong as the country’s new president, two party sources said on Wednesday, following the surprise forced resignation in January of his predecessor as part of a comprehensive anti-corruption effort.

Thuong, 52, is the party’s youngest Politburo member, the country’s highest decision-making body, and is largely seen as close to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam’s most influential person.

Trong is the principal architect of the party’s “blazing furnace” fraud drive, which has seen hundreds of officials investigated and many forced to resign, including former President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and two deputy prime ministers.

Thuong’s nomination by the party’s Central Committee supports an earlier decision by the Politburo and will need to be approved by the rubber-stamp National Assembly, which will conduct an extraordinary session on Thursday and a formal session in May.

Both the government and the Communist Party announced on Wednesday that the party’s Central Committee had decided on a presidential nomination without naming the candidate.

In Vietnam, the president is mostly ceremonial, but he is one of the country’s top four political figures, along with the party’s general secretary, the prime minister, and the head of the national legislature.

A former head of propaganda, “Thuong is a dyed-in-the-wool party apparatchik and a trusted member of Secretary General Trong’s inner circle,” said Carl Thayer, an expert in Vietnam‘s politics at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra.

He is currently one of the Politburo’s 16 members and the secretary of the party’s Central Committee, one of the highest-ranking positions in the country.

Speaking at a party meeting last month, Thuong said: “The people’s lawful and legitimate interests must be the important starting point of all the Party’s guidelines and policies”.

According to Hanoi-based diplomats, the party’s decision to select Thuong as president is an attempt to advance a new generation of leaders and consolidate power in the event that Trong, 78, decides to step down before the conclusion of his third term in 2026.

The general secretary is often chosen from among one of the top leaders and Trong, who was reappointed for a third term in 2021, “is ensuring he has an acceptable successor in the mix,” one diplomat said.

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Namibia reported a record amount of rhino poaching

January 31, 2023 by Nida Sumair

87 rhinos killed in Namibia last year – almost twice as many as the year before.
Most were poached in Etosha, Namibia’s biggest national park.
Rhino numbers in Africa have dropped significantly to feed demand for rhino horn in China and Vietnam.

According to officials, poaching of endangered rhinos in Namibia last year reached a record high and was almost two times higher than the year before.

87 rhinos were killed overall, compared to 45 in 2021, according to official government figures.

According to officials, the majority were taken from Etosha, Namibia’s largest national park.

Rhino populations in Africa have drastically decreased in recent decades as a result of China and Vietnam’s increased demand for rhino horn.

According to Romeo Muyunda, a spokesman for the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, poachers killed 61 black rhinos and 26 white rhinos, mostly in Etosha, where 46 rhinos were discovered dead.

Etosha National Park, our flagship park, is a hub for poaching, Mr. Muyunda noted with grave concern.

International criminal gangs now locate and sedate the animals using high-tech technology before chopping off the horn and leaving them to bleed to death.

Wildlife teams have been slicing off the rhinos’ horns to keep them alive as a result of rhino poaching in South Africa and Botswana.

Despite having no known medical benefits, rhino horn has been utilized for many centuries in traditional Chinese medicine.

Demand for horns in Vietnam, where they are displayed as a symbol of wealth, is another factor driving poaching.

With just over 5,000 remaining in existence, the black rhino is the most vulnerable.

However, there were just four elephants poached in Namibia last year, down from a record of 101 in 2015.

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Vietnam President Resigns over Officials’ Scandal

January 17, 2023 by Omer Khan

Vietnam President resigned over officials misconduct. Phuc, former prime minister, held ceremonial position for less than 2 years. Next president not yet announced. After two officials who had worked for Nguyen Xuan Phuc when he was prime minister were fired, there was significant anticipation that he might resign. Vietnam’s HANOI According to the country’s official … Read more

Indonesia sends a warship to monitor China coast guard vessel

January 14, 2023 by Qurat ul Ain Khan Qurat ul Ain

Indonesia sent a warship to the North Natuna Sea.
The Chinese ship CCG 5901 has been traveling in the Natuna Sea
Both nations claim resource-rich maritime territory as their own.

According to the commander of the country’s navy, Indonesia has sent a warship to the North Natuna Sea to keep an eye on a Chinese coast guard boat that has been operating in a resource-rich maritime territory both nations claim as their own.

Laksamana Madya Muhammad Ali, the head of the Indonesian navy, told the sources on Saturday that a warship, a marine patrol plane, and a drone had been sent out to watch the Chinese vessel.

“The Chinese vessel has not conducted any suspicious activities. However, we need to monitor it as it has been in Indonesia’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) for some time,” he added.

Since December 30, the Chinese ship CCG 5901 has been traveling in the Natuna Sea, notably close to the gas fields in Vietnam’s Chim Sao oil and gas field and Indonesia’s Tuna Block, according to ship tracking data, the Indonesian Ocean Justice Initiative told Reuters.

The largest coast guard ship in the world, the CCG 5901 from China, is known as “the monster” because of its size. Vessels are granted navigation rights through an EEZ under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

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Vietnam and Indonesia recently approved a development plan for the Tuna gas field, involving an estimated investment of more than $3bn to commence production. But the presence of a Chinese vessel in their exclusive economic zone (EEZ) may signal increasing Chinese assertiveness in the area.

In 2021, vessels from Indonesia and China kept an eye on one another for several months as they were in close proximity to a submersible oil rig that was conducting tests in Indonesia’s gas-field development area. China demanded that Indonesia stop the test drilling at the time, saying that the operations were occurring on its soil.

Indonesia and China are locked in a row over maritime territorial claims in the South China Sea. Indonesia maintains that under UNCLOS, the southern end of its exclusive economic zone – since renamed North Natuna Sea – is its exclusive maritime zone. It is part of a push back against China’s maritime territorial ambitions in the area.

China asserts that the oceanic space off the coast of Indonesia is under its vast territorial claim in the South China Sea, which is delineated by a “nine-dash line” in the shape of a U. In 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague determined that the nine-dash line lacked a legitimate foundation.

A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Jakarta was not immediately available for comment.

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Indonesia assigns warship to keep tabs on Chinese coast guard vessel

January 14, 2023 by Omer Khan

Indonesia has deployed a warship to the North Natuna Sea. Warship will monitor any activity of Chinese coast guard vessel. Vessels from Indonesia and China trailed each other for months. According to the country’s naval chief, Indonesia has deployed a warship to the North Natuna Sea to monitor a Chinese coast guard vessel that has … Read more

‘Limited chance’ Vietnamese boy trapped in pillar will survive

January 4, 2023 by Omer Khan

If the youngster does live, he is probably going to be seriously hurt, an official added. Soldiers and technical professionals have been clearing away mud and water. Oxygen has been pumped into the 35-meter-deep support pillar. Rescuers said there is “little” hope for the Vietnamese child, 10, who has been imprisoned in a concrete pillar … Read more

Vietnam: Rescue operations underway as boy trapped in concrete pile

January 3, 2023 by Omer Khan

Rescuers dropped a camera to try to find Ly Hao Nam’s position. The tragedy happened while the child and his buddies were looking for scrap iron. Rescue workers have injected oxygen into the pile. On New Year’s Eve, only moments after falling into the pile’s small open hole, Ly Hao Nam was heard pleading for … Read more

Rescuers in Vietnam trying to free trapped boy

January 2, 2023 by Aimen Siddiqui

A 10-year-old boy is trapped in a pit at a construction site in Vietnam. Rescuers are working to free him while oxygenating the 35-meter-deep pillar. The boy was looking for scrap metal on New Year’s Eve when he fell into the pit. Rescuers in Vietnam are attempting to extricate a 10-year-old boy who is imprisoned … Read more

China accuses US of ‘slander, hype’ after air conflict

January 1, 2023 by Aimen Siddiqui

China’s military ministry accuses the US of “slander and exaggeration.” Chinese fighter jet and American spy plane fought on Dec. 21. The United States deliberately misleads public opinion. Following a collision between a Chinese fighter jet and an American surveillance plane over the disputed South China Sea, China’s defense ministry accused the United States of … Read more

5,000 people seeks shelter from Thailand’s floods

September 29, 2022 by Shehroze Aqueeque

Some riverfront neighbourhoods and other parts of Thailand were flooded with water up to the waist. This happened after a tropical depression dropped heavy rains and knocked down trees, which killed at least one person. The most rain fell in the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani, where about 22 centimetres (8.5 inches) fell in 24 … Read more

Typhoon Noru: Hundreds of thousands evacuated in Vietnam

September 28, 2022 by Syed Veheb Hasan

Typhoon Noru made landfall near Vietnam’s popular beach resort city of Da Nang on Wednesday morning. Hundreds of thousands evacuated as hundreds of thousands of people face flooding. Storm weakened to Category 1 hurricane just before noon, but still packs powerful winds and heavy rain. On Wednesday morning, Typhoon Noru made landfall near Vietnam’s popular … Read more

Viral Vietnamese salt bae arrested for mocking minister

September 9, 2022 by Laiba Khan

Salt Bae is a noodle vendor who made fun of Turkish celebrity chef Nusret Gökçe. He was detained for spreading anti-government propaganda. His wife claims that he was “abducted” by police and released several hours after his arrest. In Vietnam, Salt Bae, a noodle vendor who made fun of Turkish celebrity chef Nusret Gökçe, was … Read more

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