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State-run VietnamPlus news site said the blaze started in the underground parking garage that connected adjacent blocks of the apartment complex. — AFP pic / MANILA BULLETIN

Thirteen dead in Vietnam highrise apartment fire

By Agence France-Presse Thirteen people were killed and several injured when a fire broke out at an apartment complex in Vietnam's southern commercial hub of Ho…

23 Mar 2018 - 12:09 pm
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ASEAN leaders, Australia to discuss South China Sea dispute

By Roy Mabasa The leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations member-countries and Australia will be discussing the South China Sea dispute during the…

16 Mar 2018 - 8:36 pm
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Pham Thi Thuan, My Lai massacre survivor, stands in front of photographs of her and other survivors exhibited at a museum during the 50th anniversary of the My Lai massacre in My Lai village, Vietnam March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Kham

Survivors of Vietnam’s My Lai massacre remember ‘darkness and silence’

By Reuters It took Pham Thi Thuan a while before she could muster the courage to fetch water from across the ditch where 170 of…

15 Mar 2018 - 7:06 pm
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The government said last year it would allow some locals to bet in casinos on a trial basis, and also loosened the rules on sports betting. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN)

Vietnam arrests senior policeman over ‘gambling ring’

By Agence France-Presse Vietnam has arrested a senior police official in charge of tackling illegal online betting after he was accused of having links to…