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Vietnam oil exec 'kidnapped' from Germany goes on trial

london - Emirates voice

The corruption trial of a Vietnamese former oil executive who was allegedly kidnapped from Germany opened on Monday, a high-profile case that can carry the death sentence. Vietnam's communist government has embarked on a snowballing anti-corruption campaign, which observers say is politically driven and mirrors a graft crackdown in neighbouring China. Scores of former officials, bankers and state executives have been arrestedRead more

Four new hotels in Asia

Dubai - Emirates Voice

JW Marriott brings five-star luxury to Phu Quoc, Vietnam Visitors to the southern Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc in the Gulf of Thailand can now check into five-star luxury at the JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay Resort & Spa. The hotel, on the island’s southern tip, has 244 rooms and suites, a pool, fitness centre, several restaurants and spa.Read more

Trump in Vietnam offers to 'mediate' on South China Sea dispute

HANOI - Emirats Voice

US President Donald Trump told his Vietnamese counterpart Sunday he is ready to help resolve the dispute in the resource-rich South China Sea which Beijing claims most of. "If I can help mediate or arbitrate, please let me know... I am a very good mediator," Trump told Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang during an official state visit Sunday. Read more

Duo jailed for fatal assault of massage client

DUBAI - Arab Today

Two visitors have been jailed for three years each for providing sexual services at a massage centre and beating to death a man who pestered their masseuses. The Vietnamese visitors, aged 32 and 33, had been distributing cards advertsisng sex and massage services at a flat in International City where they ran a brothel, in July last year. The twoRead more

Vietnamese FM to pay working visit to Cambodia next week

Phnom Penh - ArabToday

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh will pay a working visit to Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, from March 13 to 15 to attend two meetings, said a Cambodian Foreign Ministry statement on Friday. The two meetings are the 9th Meeting on Cooperation and Development of the Cambodia-Vietnam Border Provinces and the 15th Meeting of the Cambodia-Vietnam Joint Commission (JC)Read more

Hot ticket: Vietnam King Kong premiere ruined by monster fire

Ho Chi Minh City - Arab Today

Film buffs with the hottest ticket in town were left running for safety after a giant model of King Kong went up in flames at the sizzling Vietnam premiere of the rebooted horror classic. The blaze began as a glamorous announcer welcomed communist party officials, diplomats and celebrities to the screening of 'Kong: Skull Island' in Ho Chi Minh CityRead more

Vietnamese PM calls for actions to reach 6.7-pct economic growth in 2017

Hanoi - ArabToday

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday urged his cabinet members to take drastic measures to attain the targeted economic growth of 6.7 percent in 2017. Phuc made the remarks at a government's monthly meeting held in Vietnamese capital Hanoi on Wednesday. According to Phuc, so far, no foreign organizations have forecast 6.7-percent growth for Vietnam in 2017, showing the challenge facedRead more

Malaysian court charges two women with Kim murder

Kuala Lumpur - Arab Today

Two women were charged Wednesday with the murder of Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, after his assassination at a Malaysian airport last month. Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and Doan Thi Huong, 28, from Vietnam, were surrounded by a heavy police presence as they were charged in court over the February 13 killing involving a deadly nerve agent.Read more

Assassinated brother of North Korea leader to undergo autopsy

Kuala Lumpur - ArabToday

Malaysian police probing the killing of the half-brother of North Korea's leader arrested a woman Wednesday as they tried to unravel a Cold War-style assassination the South said was carried out by Pyongyang's agents. As Seoul pointed the finger at poison-wielding female spies from North of their shared border, police in Kuala Lumpur said they were holding a woman withRead more