Vietnam
Shark finning discovered in New Caledonia
The Vietnamese blue boats caught fishing illegally off New Caledonia are reported to have carried shark fins.
Insight: TPP - The deal that never dies?
More than seven years after Trans Pacific Partnership discussions began in earnest, the eleven nations still involved continue to haggle over the details. But they insist the finish line is in sight… Audio
One country holds out on the TPP
Trade Minister David Parker speaks to reporters in Vietnam about the unexpected hitch with the TPP. Audio
All eyes on Ardern ahead of first step onto world stage at APEC
Jacinda Ardern is flying to Vietnam as she prepares to take her first step onto the world stage this weekend, when she joins leaders in the Asia-Pacific region to discuss trade and security. Video, Audio
Poppies and Pohutukawa
Chris Mullane joins Kathryn Ryan to discuss The Battle of Passchendaele centenary commemorations, and his work making sure modern day veterans are being supported. Audio
Nights' Overseas - Vietnam
This week's overseas correspondent - Lien Hoang on charting the rise of Facebook, the fall of the cash economy, and attempts to create a silicon valley on the other side of the Pacific. Audio
World Challenge to end orphanage 'voluntourism'
The world's largest school-based volunteer organisation, which is active in New Zealand, is stopping its projects in orphanages.
The woman who exposed the world to bear bile farming
Jill Robinson MBE, is the CEO of Animals Asia Foundation, a charity she started in 1998 to rescue bears in China and Vietnam on bile 'farms'. Over 10,000 moon bears are currently trapped in tiny cages… Audio
26 die in Vietnam floods
Floods in northern Vietnam have killed 26 people and washed away hundreds of homes over the past week.
Tradewinds for 9 May 2017
Pressure is building on Vietnam over its poachers in the Pacific; Beche de mer exports from Fiji will stop; Samoa's cocoa production hit by drought. Audio
Pacific leaders urged to pressure Vietnam on poaching issue
Pacific leaders are being urged to increase the pressure on Vietnam to accept responsibility for its fishermen poaching beche de mer and other marine resources in the coastal waters of mulitple… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 31 March 2017
Claims that Penang sugar mill shut down will sound death knell for Fiji's Rakiraki; FFA calls on Vietnam to take responsibility for its boats fishing illegally in the region; And there are conflicting… Audio
Vietnamese 'reef robbers' not blue boats - FFA
The Forum Fisheries Agency is urging people to call the Vietnamese boats poaching coastal reefs across the Pacific 'reef robbers' and not just blue boats. Audio
Nights' Overseas - Vietnam
Lien Hoang reports from the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, pop. 90,730,000 (est. 2014)... Lien chats about one of the Vietnamese suspects in the King Jong. Also about how Saigon has talked for years… Audio
Motorbike Book Club
A mobile literacy project run by two sisters, is delivering books via motorbike to children living in some of Vietnam's poorest rural villages. Audio, Gallery
Sinking illegal 'blue boats' not enough of a deterrent - advisor
Blowing up, burning and sinking Vietnamese "blue boats" for illegally fishing in Pacific countries and Indonesia has not stopped them coming, a fisheries adviser says.
New Caledonia aims to deter poachers
French forces have released four Vietnamese fishing vessels after seizing a record seven tons of beche de mer caught illegally.
Nights' Overseas - Viet Nam
Reporter for Bloomberg BNA, Lien Hoang reports from the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, pop. 90,730,000 (est. 2014)... Audio
Govt will look into repatriating bodies
The government is considering bringing home the bodies of soldiers killed in Malaysia and Vietnam, despite a longstanding policy not to repatriate all bodies of military personnel. Audio
