Bangladesh make dismal start in Vietnam
Bangladesh made a dismal start in the AFC Under-23 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers, losing to hosts Vietnam 2-0 in their Group C match at the Viet Tri Stadium in Vietnam on Wednesday...
Tags : Vietnam
Bangladesh face Vietnam Wednesday
Bangladesh will be without their head coach, Saiful Bari Titu, when they take on hosts Vietnam in their AFC Under-23 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers Group C opener at the Viet Tri Stadium in Vietnam today.
Dhaka, Hanoi eye direct flight this year
Vietnamese ambassador to Bangladesh Nguyen Manh Cuong on Sunday said that the aviation authorities of Bangladesh and Vietnam were then working very closely to open the official direct flight connecting Hanoi and Dhaka in 2025.
Typhoon toll rises in Vietnam as downed trees hamper rescuers
The death toll from Typhoon Kajiki rose to three in Vietnam on Tuesday, as rescue workers battled uprooted trees and downed power lines and widespread flooding brought chaos to the streets of the capital Hanoi.
Vietnam evacuates thousands as Typhoon Kajiki hits
Vietnam evacuated tens of thousands of residents from coastal areas on Monday as Typhoon Kajiki made landfall, lashing the country鈥檚 central belt with gales of more than 130 kilometres per hour.
Vietnam to evacuate 3,00,000 as Typhoon Kajiki nears
Vietnam said on Sunday it plans to evacuate more than 3,00,000 people and has cancelled over a dozen domestic flights as Typhoon Kajiki approaches.
On seeing the future too clearly
I SPENT the summer of 1965 arguing about the Vietnam War. I was 13, and my interlocutor was my 18-year-old camp counsellor in Vermont. She was headed for UC Berkeley in the fall, where she would, as she later described it, 鈥榤ajor in history and minor in rioting.鈥� Meanwhile, I was headed back to junior high school. I was already convinced that our government was...
Vietnamese rice grower helps tackle Cuba鈥檚 food shortage
Outside Havana, a combine belonging to a private Vietnamese company is harvesting rice, directly farming Cuban land鈥攊n a first鈥攖o help address acute food shortages in the country...
Tragedy of a forgotten report
COUNTERFACTUALS 鈥� what if so and so had happened? 鈥� are always dicey. For example; would there have been a full-scale Vietnam war if President John F Kennedy had not been assassinated? There is no way to prove that hypothesis right or wrong. In the case of today鈥檚 Middle East, one could pose the counterfactual question about a forgotten 1919 report about...
Firms in Vietnam walk tightrope as Trump鈥檚 transshipping rule looms
As Donald Trump鈥檚 eye-watering tariffs on Chinese products passing through Vietnam are set to kick in Friday, companies in the Southeast Asian country are cautiously waiting to see what falls into that category.
Flooding from storm Wipha cuts off hundreds in Vietnam
Flooding caused by Tropical Storm Wipha left hundreds of families cut off in villages in central Vietnam on Wednesday, authorities said...
Hanoi scooter riders baulk at petrol-powered bikes ban
Vietnam鈥檚 plan to bar gas-guzzling motorbikes from central Hanoi may clear the air of the smog-smothered capital, but riders fear paying a high toll for the capital鈥檚 green transition...
Tearful relatives await news from Vietnam wreck rescue
Relatives anxiously sat beside ambulances on the wharf of one of Vietnam鈥檚 most popular tourist sites on Sunday, waiting for news of loved ones who were on a tourist boat that capsized killing dozens...
Dozens of people killed after Ha Long Bay tourist ferry sinks in Vietnam
Rescuers searched desperately Sunday for five people still missing after at least 38 were killed when a boat capsized at one of Vietnam鈥檚 most popular tourist destinations...
Bangladesh retains rank of 2nd largest RMG exporter
Bangladesh has retained its position as the world鈥檚 second largest readymade garment exporter in global RMG trade in 2024, according to the latest data published by the World Trade Organisation on Tuesday...
Vietnam apartment fire kills 8
A blaze that tore through an apartment block in Vietnam鈥檚 southern business hub of Ho Chi Minh City killed eight people, including two children, local authorities said Monday...
Vietnam furniture makers piece together US trade deal
The din of power tools making flatpack furniture for export markets filled a Vietnam warehouse on Thursday, as toiling workers fretted about their livelihoods despite the country鈥檚 new US trade deal.
US-Vietnam trade deal sows new China standoff
Vietnam鈥檚 trade deal with the United States averts the most punishing of Donald Trump鈥檚 鈥榬eciprocal鈥� levies but has provoked new friction between Washington and Beijing...
Five killed in Vietnam typhoon floods
Typhoon winds and rains that lashed central Vietnam killed five people and left two more missing, according to an official toll, with huge tracts of farmland flooded by the deluge.
Vietnam approves 90pc tax rate on beer, alcohol by 2031
Vietnam鈥檚 lawmakers approved raising the tax on beer and strong alcoholic beverages on Saturday to 90 percent by 2031 from the current 65 percent, state media said...
Macron gives Vietnamese students a lesson in 鈥榠mpulsive鈥� superpowers
Between jabs at Donald Trump鈥檚 US trade tariffs and criticism of Beijing鈥檚 assertiveness in the South China Sea, French president Emmanuel Macron warned Vietnamese students Tuesday that 鈥榦n the impulse of a superpower, everything can change鈥�...
Japan PM goes to Vietnam, the Philippines to talk tariffs
Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba left Sunday for a four-day trip to Vietnam and the Philippines, as Tokyo seeks to shore up regional ties after Donald Trump鈥檚 tariff onslaught...
12,500 tonnes of rice arrives at Ctg port
A vessel named MV THAI BINH 01 carrying 12,500 tonnes of sunned rice from Vietnam under the Government-to-Government agreement has arrived at the Chattogram Port...
China, Vietnam sign deals after Xi warns protectionism 鈥榣eads nowhere鈥�
Xi is in Vietnam for the first leg of a Southeast Asia tour, as Beijing tries to present itself as a stable alternative to US president, who announced sweeping tariffs...
Vessel carrying 12,700 MT rice arrives at Ctg Port from Vietnam
A vessel named MV MD SEA carrying 12,700 metric tonnes of Atap rice has arrived at Chattogram Port from Vietnam...
US religious freedom panel seeks sanctions on India鈥檚 RAW
Minorities in India face deteriorating treatment, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom said in a report on Tuesday, reports India Today.
Vessel carrying 29,000 tonnes of rice from Vietnam arrives at Ctg port
A cargo vessel arrived at Chittagong Port from Vietnam carrying 29,000 tonnes of rice on Saturday....
Vietnam, US firms sign $4b in deals
Vietnamese and US companies have signed more than $4 billion in deals, a petrochemical giant said Friday, as anxiety mounts in Hanoi over potential tariffs under US president Donald Trump鈥檚 administration.
High external trade costs should be reduced for LDC graduation
EXTERNAL trade costs, the costs incurred in trading in goods and services internationally in addition to the price for which producers sell the goods and services, are significantly high. They are also higher than such costs in India, Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore. Such high costs of external trade 鈥� which cover the cost of transport, taxes, infrastructure...
Vietnam jails more officials over Covid flight bribes
The case is part of a major anti-graft drive that has led to the resignation of a president and two deputy prime ministers in a country where political changes are usually carefully orchestrated...