UK pledges over $24mn to boost Vietnam’s coastal resilience
Vietnam News 15:57 13/12/2025Vietnam and the United Kingdom on Thursday in Hanoi officially launched the Climate and Ocean Adaptation and Sustainable Transition (COAST) program, a five-year initiative aimed at strengthening the resilience of Vietnam’s coastal communities and marine ecosystems in the face of climate change.
Foreign-awarded degrees leave Vietnamese graduates in limbo
Education 15:00 11/12/2025Dozens of former students of London College for Design & Fashion in Hanoi (LCDF - Hanoi) are in hot water after discovering that the foreign-awarded bachelor’s degrees they earned in Vietnam are not recognized by the Ministry of Education and Training, derailing their careers and further study plans.
UK public urged to keep eyes peeled for washed-up bananas
World 16:14 10/12/2025A "major" clean-up operation was ongoing in southern England on Tuesday after eight containers of bananas went overboard a cargo ship, with hundreds of rotting fruits washing up along the shoreline.
New species of Jurassic 'sword dragon' found in UK
World 17:35 11/10/2025A skeleton found on Britain's Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new species of ichthyosaur, a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the seas, scientists said Friday.
Synagogue attack on Yom Kippur kills two in UK's Manchester; suspect shot dead
World 10:38 03/10/2025MANCHESTER, England - Two men were killed on Thursday when a man drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard in an attack at a synagogue where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, British police said.
UK's largest lake 'dying' as algae blooms worsen
World 20:07 15/09/2025For the third year running toxic blue-green algae blooms that look like pea soup and smell like rotten eggs have covered much of Lough Neagh, the largest lake in the UK and Ireland.
UK agrees deal with Vietnam to remove pharmaceutical trade barriers
World 09:25 14/07/2025LONDON - Britain said it would strike an agreement with Vietnam to make it easier for pharmaceutical firms to sell UK-made medicines in the Southeast Asian nation, under a new trade strategy that emphasises quick, industry-specific deals.
Nearly 6.3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by European nations arrive in Vietnam
Vietnam News 18:00 26/01/2022The vaccine donation was made via the COVAX Facility
UK records new record number of COVID cases
World 17:38 30/12/2021The United Kingdom reported 183,037 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a new record and over 53,000 more than the previous highest figure registered just a day earlier, government statistics showed
Vietnam detects first case of Omicron variant imported from UK
Vietnam News 14:25 28/12/2021The patient arrived in Hanoi nine days ago
Vietnamese firms, agencies sign 25 agreements with foreign partners on PM’s trip in UK
Vietnam News 19:03 01/11/2021These deals cover a wide range of fields including trade, agriculture, energy, education and training, environmental protection, and sports
Vietnamese premier leaves Hanoi for working trip to UK, France
Vietnam News 10:50 31/10/2021The trip will last from October 31 to November 5
