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Elephant kills girl

17.10.11
A circus elephant in Vietnam has trampled to death a girl who sneaked into a yard to feed it... more

Vietnam 'show of force' angers China

13.06.11
Vietnam has raised tensions in a dispute with China by holding live-fire naval drills near disputed waters in the South China Sea... more

Apocalypse Now is one of the best films about war ever made

27.05.11
During the filming of Apocalypse Now, Martin Sheen had a heart attack and Coppola contemplated suicide. By the end, nearly everyone was either sick or exhausted. That is how some masterpieces are made... more

Poachers murder elephant Beckham

26.04.11
An elephant called Beckham that gave tourists rides in Vietnam has been stabbed to death by poachers... more

Keu! Banh Mi Deli is Dalston's speciality

07.04.11
A staple of Vietnamese street food is proving popular with the denizens of London's trendiest district... more

Eco-chic paradise on Vietnam's Ninh Van Bay

04.04.11
EpiKurean - a newly formed hotel group of former members of Six Senses Resorts and Spas - launched An Lam Ninh Van Bay Villas on April 2 on Vietnam's remote Ninh Van Bay... more

Race to save sacred turtle

08.03.11
Thousands watched as rescuers in Hanoi, Vietnam, tried to save a dying turtle regarded as sacred ... more

Ban Ki-moon tells Burma to free its prisoners

29.10.10
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in Vietnam for a South-East Asian leaders' summit, called on military-ruled Burma to free political prisoners before its first election for 20 years on November 7, saying it still had time to allay concerns.... more

Soco International plummets after well disappoints

12.10.10
Soco International’s shares plunge by as much as 23% as it says it will plug and abandon its appraisal well off the coast of Vietnam... more

Witches, crooks and liars vie for the people’s votes

08.10.10
Control of the Senate in November’s mid-term elections might yet be settled by ethically dubious candidates ... more

The price of war and the lasting legacy of failure

03.09.10
Watching President Obama addressing the nation from the Oval Office on Tuesday night, I was reminded continuously of the early Seventies and the American withdrawal from Vietnam... more

$300m bill to clean Agent Orange from Vietnam

16.06.10
A $300 million price tag has been placed on the toxic legacy of the Vietnam war: Agent Orange... more

The Vietnam War finally ambushes a bogus veteran

21.05.10
View from America: Indulging in combat fantasies is surprisingly common in an America still haunted by its debacle in Indochina ... more

Hair trips on nostalgia with the frisky draft-dodgers

15.04.10
By the time the most famous of Hair's songs tells us to Let The Sunshine In, the instruction is one few members of the audience will need. ... more

Google detects Vietnamese ‘cyber attacks’ on bauxite mining opponents

31.03.10
Google, which this month pulled out of China after finding evidence the government there was hacking into email accounts of human rights activists and journalists, says it has identified similar cyber attacks in Vietnam... more

Profits to fall at ports operator DP World

25.01.10
DP World, the owner of P&O and developer of the London Gateway container terminal, expects to report a drop in profits... more

Vietnam rights hero admits breaking law

20.01.10
A human rights lawyer facing a possible death sentence testifies that he broke Vietnam's subversion law... more

Soco in £100m share issue to fund oil search

20.01.10
Oil explorer Soco announces a £100 million fundraiser to pay for a drilling programme in Vietnam and Africa over the coming year... more

Oil explorer Soco rakes in the cash

10.03.09
Soco International is avoiding the insolvency fears spreading through the exploration sector by reporting cash balances of $303 million (£219 million)... more

Grinning Glitter is back but still free to go abroad

22.08.08
Gary Glitter is still free to travel abroad despite being put on the sex offenders register for life... more

Gary Glitter plans a musical comeback after finishing his jail sentence

24.06.08
Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter, who is serving a jail sentence in Vietnam for molesting two girls, plans to return to singing after being released in August.... more

Soco makes new gas find in Vietnam

16.06.08
London-listed explorer announced a new gas discovery in the South-east Asian country... more

Painful truth

08.05.08
Winter Soldier was made in 1971 but was not shown publicly in America until recently after being pieced together from a damaged negative.... more

Five to try: best restaurants for noodles

23.04.08
Ramen, beanthread, udon, spaghetti — noodles are a cheap and cheerful option. Here are five restaurants offering tasty dishes.... more

Pricey rice hits East and West

18.04.08
Rice futures surge for a fifth day to a new record, as export restrictions bite and Aussie farmers shift out of the crop... more

Here's why it can only get worse on pensions

10.03.08
It has been the singular achievement of this Government to take the best private-sector occupational pension provision in Europe and, by a mixture of short sightedness and misplaced intervention, virtually to destroy it... more

Sienna starts a hippy riot

24.09.07
Grosvenor Square was closed to allow hundreds of extras to take part in filming for Sienna Miller's latest movie.... more

Jagger Jnr proves he can act

31.08.07
James McLure's 1979 black comedy double-bill -Lone Star And Private Wars - descends into farce but boy, can Jagger Jnr act.... more

Jagger's son lights up the stage

29.08.07
James Jagger asks Mick and the family to stay away as he smokes his way to preview night success at Islington's King's Head Theatre.... more


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