Vietnam’s prime minister will allow four private farms to continue to raise dozens of pet tigers despite strong protests from international wildlife conservation groups, an official said today.

Vietnam Airlines plans to put air security personnel on some of its international flights as the national carrier targets to open its routes to the United States, an airline official said today.

Vietnam’s three top leaders have quit to make way for younger politicians in a long-awaited shuffle of the communist nation’s government, an official said today.

Former British rocker Gary Glitter admitted to police that an 11-year-old girl slept in his bed, but denied sexually abusing her, his attorney said in Vietnam today.

DISGRACED ’70s rock star Gary Glitter could face death by firing squad after he was accused of having sex with a girl aged just 12, police in Vietnam said yesterday.

AUTHORITIES said yesterday they are searching for former British rock star Gary Glitter over his alleged relationship with a Vietnamese teenager.

Authorities in Vietnam today said they were searching for disgraced pop star Gary Glitter to investigate his alleged relationship with a teenager.

VIETNAM has charged a former senior sports official with the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl in what reportedly was his attempt to rid himself of bad luck, state-controlled media said.

A senior government official in Vietnam has been dismissed after being accused of having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.