Tag: Vietnam
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Nigeria-Vietnam: When your friend tells you the truth – By Owei Lakemfa
The primary reason a group of Nigerians had a meeting in Abuja with embassy and trade officials from Vietnam on Wednesday October 30, 2024 was to explore business opportunities for cooperation and development. That quickly changed to nagging questions such as why Vietnam which was a physically flattened country back in May 1976 when it began…
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Flash floods kill 2, leave 8 missing
Heavy rains in northern mountain provinces of Vietnam on Wednesday caused flash flooding and landslides, killing two people and leaving eight missing, authorities said. The destruction occurred on Tuesday night, with the biggest devastation
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Osinbajo travels out to Vietnam on official assignment
Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has departed the shores of the country for the Republic of Vietnam for an official assignment. Osinbajo will be involved in high-level bilateral engagements in the Asian country, where he’s expected to meet the President of Vietnam, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and the Vice President, Pho Chu Tich Nuroc, among other…
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Man fakes positive COVID-19 test to avoid work
A 41-year-old man in central Vietnam has been fined 327 dollars for faking a positive Coronavirus (COVID-19) test so he could avoid going to work, state media said on Tuesday. Police in Dak Nong province in Vietnam’s central highlands region said on Sunday that the man, who remains unnamed, was fined for spreading false information.…
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Nigeria-Vietnam Trade/Cultural Association Debut
The Nigeria-Vietnam Economic, Trade and Cultural Association, (NVETCA) has been born with the aim of promoting economic and cultural relations between the two countries. The prime promoter of the association, Alhaji Sani Bako stated that he was delighted that after rigorous scrutiny by the Ministry of Justice and various organs of government and the Nigerian…
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Echoes of Vietnam in the second coming of the Taliban, Dennis Onakinor
In the words of the Spanish-born American scholar, George Santayana, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” And by any stretch of imagination, no group of people in recent memory has failed to remember its past more than the United States of America. Within a span of about five decades, the…
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Fire kills family of 6 in Vietnam
Six people died after a blaze engulfed a three-storey house early Tuesday in a city in central Vietnam, police said. Among the victims are four adults, including a pregnant woman, and two children, Vietnamese police said in a report. The fire broke out at 00:05 am local time (1805 GMT) in Vinh city, Nghe An…
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6 men sentenced to death for raping, killing student
A court in north-western Vietnam sentenced six men to death for raping and murdering 22-year-old student Cao My Duyen in a case that shocked the country earlier this year, state media reported on Monday. On Feb. 2, gang leader Vi Van Toan told his gang members that the student’s mother owed him nearly 13,000 dollars…
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Trump, Kim to meet in Vietnam Feb 27, 28
United States President Donald Trump says he will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam on Feb. 27 to Feb. 28 for their second summit, local media report said on Wednesday. Trump told Congress in his State of the Union address that as part of a bold new diplomacy, the U.S. would continue…
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Man ends up in prison for Facebook posts
A Ho Chi Minh City court has sentenced a man to four and half years in prison for writing anti-state social media posts, Vietnam’s state media reported on Thursday. Bui Vo, 56, was found guilty on Wednesday of “conducting propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’’ in his Facebook posts, criticising the ruling Communist Party…