The conviction is the latest in what rights groups say is the government's attempt to silence voices critical of the ruling Vietnamese Communist Party.
Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has resigned, becoming the most senior member of the government to step down after a series of high-profile corruption scandals for which he was held responsible.
Violent Aussie bikie gangs have embedded drug smuggling operations across south-east Asia to increase flows of methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine into Australia.
Lawyers for a western Sydney father say a decision about whether he will be kept incarcerated within a Vietnamese prison for another nine years could be made within weeks.
A funeral was held for the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, a week after the renowned Zen master and peace activist died at the age of 95 in Hue in central Vietnam.
A monkey with ghostly white circles around its eyes is among 224 new species listed in the World Wildlife Fund's latest update on Asia's greater Mekong region.
Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Zen Buddhist monk who helped pioneer the concept of mindfulness in the West and socially engaged Buddhism in the East, has died. He was 95.
The planet is warming rapidly, resulting in historic drought, deadly floods and unusual melting events in the Arctic. It is also causing steady sea level rise, which scientists say will continue for decades.
Tropical Storm Conson is forecast to bring flooding rains to Vietnam while Super Typhoon Chanthu is expected to bring damaging winds and extremely heavy rainfall to Taiwan this weekend
Countries across Asia are grappling with their worst coronavirus outbreaks of the pandemic, spurred by low vaccine rates and the highly-contagious Delta variant.
New York coronavirus hospitalisations are dropping to the lowest levels, while France's infection rate continues to creep upwards and cases in Africa surge past 800,000.
A British pilot who was Vietnam's most critical COVID-19 patient was discharged from a hospital today, less than a week after doctors said he was virus-free and healthy enough to return home to Scotland.
A team of 'animal disease detectives' are being trained to uncover potentially dangerous diseases and prevent them from reaching humans to avoid future pandemics like COVID-19.
Cousins Nguyen Van Hung and Hoang Van Tiep were farewelled by about 300 people in Dien Thinh a month after their bodies were found in a truck trailer east of London.
Maurice 'Mo' Robinson had admitted to taking part in an alleged human trafficking ring that led to the deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals found in a refrigerated truck trailer.
Northern Irish man Christopher Kennedy, 23, has been charged with multiple offences after 39 people were found dead in the back of a truck trailer in an alleged people smuggling voyage.
Police in Vietnam have arrested eight people in connection with the deaths of 39 people found dead in a truck in England last month, Vietnamese state media reported.
Three people arrested in the UK over the alleged manslaughter and trafficking of 39 people found dead in a truck trailer have been released on bail. hours after a driver was charged.
Indonesia’s navy said Monday that one of its patrol vessels was rammed by two Vietnamese coast guard ships after intercepting a boat it says was fishing illegally in its waters.