Death becomes a growing business in ageing, lonely South Korea
World 15:38 02/11/2025Rows of coffins line a university classroom in the South Korean port city of Busan, ready for use in training the funeral directors of the future in a rapidly ageing country.
Car rides return ashes of Ho Chi Minh City’s COVID-19 casualties home
Vietnam News 09:51 11/08/2021Grief abounds as the soldiers stopped to return each one to their family
Vietnamese province detects at least 30 COVID-19 cases traced to funeral cluster
Vietnam News 15:40 25/07/2021Four hamlets with more than 5,400 people have been locked down after the cluster was detected
Vietnamese woman stages own funeral to evade debt collectors
Vietnam News 19:46 01/04/2021Tuyen bought a casket and sent it home to arrange a fake funeral for herself
Funeral of Vietnam's ex-Deputy PM Truong Vinh Trong takes place in Hanoi, Ben Tre
Vietnam News 17:31 21/02/2021The state funeral began on Sunday morning with visitation ceremonies in Hanoi and Ben Tre Province
Family, friends say final goodbye to late Vietnamese comedian Chi Tai in US
Vietnam News 12:17 20/12/2020The funeral and cremation took place in California on December 18 and 19 (local time)
Body of late Vietnamese comedian Chi Tai brought to family in US
Travel 16:11 13/12/2020His family will hold a funeral at the Holy Spirit Catholic Church in California on December 18
Former PM, prominent artists mourn death of Vietnam’s cinema icon
Travel 12:05 06/01/2020Nguyen Chanh Tin passed away in his sleep at his home in Ho Chi Minh City on early Saturday morning
Thousands attend funeral for late Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Education and Training in Hanoi
Vietnam News 16:33 21/10/2019Le Hai An fell to his death at the ministry's headquarters in Hanoi on Thursday last week
Two-day national mourning begins for former Vietnamese President Le Duc Anh
Vietnam News 11:11 03/05/2019Ceremonies are underway in in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and the north-central province of Thua Thien-Hue
Vietnamese Party chief to lead state funeral of former President Le Duc Anh
Vietnam News 10:41 28/04/2019The state funeral will take place on May 3 and 4
At least four killed as car crashes into pallbearers in south-central Vietnam
Vietnam News 20:04 12/04/2019Two people were killed on the spot, while two others succumbed to their injuries at the hospital
