Ho Chi Minh City police arrest 4 on suspicion of producing over 1,000 tonnes of bean sprouts with banned chemical
Ho Chi Minh City 14:25 02/06/2026Police in Ho Chi Minh City have initiated criminal proceedings and arrested four individuals for allegedly producing more than 1,000 metric tons of bean sprouts using chemicals that are not permitted for use in food production in Vietnam.
11 confirmed dead in Washington state chemical accident, all bodies recovered
World 13:49 31/05/2026The death toll from a chemical tank rupture in the U.S. state of Washington climbed to 11 as crews recovered the bodies of all nine missing people, authorities said on Saturday.
Toxic chemicals permeate the food we eat. Here’s how to design them out
World 15:15 01/02/2026Just over 60 years ago, scientist and conservationist Rachel Carson warned that modern societies were contaminating the ecosystems they depend on with “dangerous and even lethal materials”.
Police find dozen tonnes of chemical-soaked durians in southern Vietnam
Vietnam News 14:13 11/07/2018The fruits were to sell under foreign labels
Facility caught chemically treating 11 tons of durian in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
Vietnam News 14:42 29/09/2017The durians were ready for distribution by the time police inspected the building
No ‘azodicarbonamide’ in pastries in Vietnam store: Starbucks VN
Economy 12:30 14/02/2014The additive, which is often used in the manufacturing of foamed plastics like yoga mats and the sneakers’ soles, is used in the making of “some food products currently sold in Starbucks stores in the region" said Starbucks Vietnam spokesperson
As Europe bans Chinese dolls, Vietnam just testing them
Vietnam News 12:30 22/12/2013While European state agencies have seized batches of Chinese dolls with fruit heads for destroying, Vietnamese authorities said they must conduct proper procedures (which often take months) prior to a possible recall
8 foreigners detained for soaking durian in dubious chemical
Vietnam News 12:00 08/12/2013Eight Thai people have been kept in custody by police in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang after being caught red-handed soaking durians in unregistered Chinese-made ripening chemicals
Syria rebels reject opposition coalition, call for Islamic leadership
World 22:00 25/09/2013Thousands of Syrian rebels have broken with the Western-backed coalition and called for a new Islamist front
Opposition says as many as 1,300 killed in gas attack near Damascus
World 21:30 21/08/2013Western and regional countries called for U.N. chemical weapons investigators - who arrived in Damascus just three days ago - to be urgently dispatched to the scene of one of the deadliest incidents of the two-year-old civil war
Pepsi outside California still has chemical linked to cancer - report
Economy 21:00 03/07/2013The Center for Environmental Health said that PepsiCo Inc. lagged its rival Coca-Cola in removing the chemical, called 4-methylimidazole, or 4-MI
