Rare iridescent snake discovered in Vietnam is covered in small scales that leaves its skin exposed and is without bright-light receptors in its eyes suggesting it is a burrowing reptile A team discovered a new species of a burrowing snake in Vietnam They named it Achalinus zugorum in honor of a late Smithsonian researcher The snake sports the … Read more
A single passenger infected 15 others with COVID-19 on a 10-hour trip from London to Vietnam, a new study published by the Centers for Centers for Disease Control has shown. The report shows how the unidentified woman, 27, unknowingly spread the virus back in March. It shows how the female traveler, who had a sore throat … Read more
Vietnam has jailed four people for helping to smuggle 39 of the country’s citizens to the UK – where they suffocated to death in the back of a lorry. Nguyen Quoc Thanh, 26, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hoa, 36, Tran Dinh Truong, 35, and Nguyen Xuan Trieu, 24, were sentenced to a total of 51 years in prison … Read more
Fitness instructor is learning how to walk again after being given a five per cent chance of survival when catching deadly virus in Vietnam Mekala Osborne, 22, is learning how to walk again after contracting a virus Mekala contracted a forest virus while visiting Vietnam in September last year She was critically ill with pneumonia … Read more
Vietnam records its first Covid-19 death and its biggest rise in new cases after the country of 96 million had gone 100 days without infection Country went months without infection before outbreak in Danang First death reported is 70-year-old man with underlying health conditions Today’s 45 new infections is the biggest single-day jump in cases … Read more
In the summer of 1968, as a 21-year-old soldier in Vietnam, I became an acknowledged killer. We had run into a mean little ambush which had cost us a lieutenant and a sergeant, as well as our scout dog, a German shepherd I’d taken a liking to. It was one of those strange firefights that … Read more
A British pilot who was Vietnam’s most critical Covid-19 patient was discharged from a hospital on Saturday and will now return home to Scotland. Stephen Cameron, 42, was taken by ambulance from Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City to the city’s airport. He was scheduled to take a flight to Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, … Read more
World’s first gold-plated hotel opens in Vietnam featuring golden cutlery, cups, shower heads, toilet seats and a 24-carat infinity pool at a cost of £160million The five-star Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, is the world’s first gold-plated hotel The building cost £160million to construct and the exterior is wrapped in around one … Read more
Shocking footage of a wet market in Vietnam has revealed frogs having their legs cut off with scissors, turtles struggling to escape from cages, and fish being hit with knives as the coronavirus pandemic ravages the globe. Chickens and ducks were also seen sitting on top of each other in cramped cages that were placed … Read more
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, it was pretty obvious that President Trump was not a great fan of Chinese president Xi Jinping. Covid-19 has intensified those tensions and prompted many companies across the world to question their reliance on China for supplies. But cut-price clothes and component parts have to come from somewhere so big … Read more