Cambodia hands over 44 Vietnamese illegal migrants working in casinos
They were rescued by Cambodian authorities from labor-abusing casinos
Vietnam quarantines 8 found illegally crossing border by swimming from China
They swam through a river forming as a natural border between China and Vietnam
Twenty-six held over migrant lorry tragedy in Britain
Police in Belgium and France have arrested 26 suspected people smugglers over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants last year
In photos: Migrant workers’ faraway homebound dream
A large number of poor migrant workers in Ho Chi Minh City have got no plans to return to their hometown for get-togethers during Tet (traditional Vietnamese Lunar New Year,) which is less than two months away.
Local migrant workers, students rushing home for Tet
About 1 million people residing in HCMC are forecast to travel to other regions by buses, trains and airplanes during the the Tet holiday, while some hundreds of thousands of others will use their own motorbikes for traveling during the period.
An austere Tet for migrant laborers
A large number of migrant laborers in HCMC can’t wait to celebrate Tet with their families back home, but their meager incomes may prevent them from doing so.