340 Vietnamese citizens arrive home from US
Vietnam News 14:38 20/08/2020The passengers were Vietnamese citizens from various states in the U.S. as well as those stranded in Haiti due to flight suspension
US health leader warns of human-to-human H7N9 bird flu
World 15:13 28/04/2013There is no evidence that the deadly H7N9 bird flu has yet spread between humans in China but health authorities must be ready for the virus to mutate at any time, a top US virologist has warned
N. Korea set to stage major military drill: report
World 10:46 28/04/2013North Korea appears to be gearing up for a major military exercise, a report said, amid tensions over an expected missile test and South Korea's pullout from a joint industrial complex
S. Korea delivers talks ultimatum to North
World 17:05 25/04/2013South Korea on Thursday gave North Korea 24 hours to agree to formal talks to restart operations at their joint Kaesong industrial zone, warning of "significant measures" if Pyongyang declines
Bangladesh garment workers protest building tragedy
World 16:54 25/04/2013Hundreds of thousands of garment workers walked out of their factories in Bangladesh Thursday, police said, to protest the deaths of 200 people in a building collapse, in the latest tragedy to hit the sector
Malaysian election violence spikes
World 10:31 24/04/2013Hundreds of cases of Malaysian election violence have been reported since campaigning for tightly contested May 5 polls got under way at the weekend, police were quoted saying Wednesday
Rescuers struggle to reach China quake zone as toll climbs
World 19:16 21/04/2013Rescuers struggled to reach a remote, rural corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to 203 with almost 1,000 serious injuries
Earthquake kills 157, injures 5,700 in China's Sichuan
World 08:51 21/04/2013China's worst earthquake in three years on Saturday killed at least 157 people and injured more than 5,700, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said
Boston Marathon bombing investigation turns to motive
World 08:48 21/04/2013With the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings lying seriously wounded in a hospital and unable to speak on Saturday, investigators worked to determine a motive and whether the ethnic Chechen brothers accused of the attack acted alone
Rescuers search for survivors of Texas fertilizer plant blast
World 13:03 19/04/2013Rescuers searched on Thursday for survivors in the rubble of homes destroyed by a fiery fertilizer plant explosion in a rural Texas town that the mayor said had killed at least 14 people
Up to 15 dead after fire and blast at Texas fertilizer plant
World 17:18 18/04/2013An explosion tore through a fertilizer plant and leveled dozens of homes in a small Texas town late on Wednesday, killing up to 15 people, injuring more than 160 and spewing toxic fumes that forced the evacuation of half the community
Young boy, "dream daughter," Chinese citizen killed in Boston blasts
World 11:59 17/04/2013Neighbors gathered around a chalk rainbow on a sidewalk outside 8-year-old Martin Richard's home while friends of Krystle Campbell, 29, posted notes on Facebool, all grieving on Tuesday for two of the people killed in Monday's bombing at the Boston Marathon
