Footage of Vietnam wet market shows frogs cut up with scissors

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

Vietnam pair arrested for poisoning pet dogs and cats for meat

Couple poison dozens of pet dogs and cats with cyanide to be sold as food in Vietnam Nguyen Van Phuong, 43, and girlfriend Hoang Thi Phuong, 35, arrested Sunday  They were discovered attempting to steal 20 dog and 20 cat carcasses  At their home police discovered a sophisticated butchering operation Both were charged with theft, … Read more

MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Try Vietnam fund for Asian profit

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

Fishermen create mesmerising patterns as they trawl for anchovies in Vietnam

That’s net something you see every day! Fishermen create mesmerising patterns as they trawl for anchovies Pictures were taken in An Hai, Phu Yen Province, by photographer and banker Khanh Phan, 34 The nets formed beautiful shapes in the water beneath the colourful fishing boat Mr Phan said the fishermen are sometimes fishing less than a … Read more

Coronavirus has killed more Americans in the past three months than the Vietnam War

The coronavirus pandemic has been more deadly for Americans than the Vietnam War with deaths from the virus in the past three months now higher than the U.S. death toll in the two-decade-long combat. Coronavirus deaths in the United States reached to 59,061 on Tuesday night, according to Reuters, meaning more Americans have died of … Read more

More Americans killed by COVID-19 in three months than in the entire Vietnam War

The coronavirus pandemic has been more deadly for Americans than the Vietnam War with linked deaths across the country in the past three months now higher than the U.S. death toll in the two-decade-long combat. Coronavirus deaths in the United States reached to 58,233 on Tuesday night, according to Reuters, meaning almost 1,000 more Americans … Read more

Coronavirus F1: Bahrain and Vietnam Grands Prix are CALLED OFF

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  Cancelled The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday 13 March – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta on Friday despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of … Read more

Coronavirus: British tourists quarantined in Vietnam

British tourists quarantined for coronavirus in Vietnam: One couple are accused of ‘spreading the disease everywhere’ as others reveal ‘filthy’ hospital conditions Graham and Mary Craddock picked up coronavirus on their flight from Heathrow Were told by officials they infected people ‘everywhere’ after visiting Hanoi Glenys and Eric Holmes are being quarantined in Loi Cai … Read more

Seven Brits test positive for coronavirus in Vietnam after plane with globe-trotting super-spreader

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 4,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 110,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of … Read more

Nick Robinson reveals how he was screened for coronavirus after flying home from Vietnam 

Drive yourself to the hospital if you can. Park outside Accident & Emergency, but don’t get out of your car. Call us on arrival and a nurse will find you. Those were the instructions I was given when I went to the Whittington hospital in north London on Tuesday night. I’ve made more than my … Read more