Vietnamese authorities have detained a prominent climate activist for alleged tax evasion, her husband said Friday, the latest environmentalist to face such an accusation.Hoang Thi Minh Hong, the founder of now-defunct NGO CHANGE, which aimed to tack...

By AFPVietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has resigned, state media said Tuesday, after days of rumours he was about to be sacked amid a major anti-corruption drive that has seen several ministers fired.Phuc has "submitted his resignation from his ass...

A "new wave of repression" in Vietnam is jeopardising progress in tackling climate change, human rights groups told UN chief Antonio Guterres Friday as he began a visit to Hanoi.Vietnam, which has an economy heavily reliant on coal, has committed to...

By AFPVietnam ordered hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate their homes Tuesday as Super Typhoon Noru barrelled towards the busy city of Danang, with forecasters predicting the storm would be one of the biggest to hit the country.Almost half of...

Vietnam's police have arrested the health minister and Hanoi mayor following accusations they were involved in a $170 million coronavirus test-kit scandal, the public security ministry said Tuesday.The arrests come as the Communist nation ramps up an...