In recent decades, China has claimed sovereignty over large swathes of the South China Sea, with five other countries including Vietnam contesting Beijing’s claims, leading to political and military tensions between countries in the region.
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The Today Show continues to release new clips from Jenna Bush Hager’s interview with Michelle Obama. Obama traveled with Jenna to Vietnam to highlight some of her (MO’s) charitable work. Personally, I don’t expect Michelle to break news on...
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Tran Huynh Duy Thuc. Source: Facebook
This edited article is from The 88 Project, an independent news site covering Vietnam, and is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement.
Mr. Tran Huynh Duy Thuc is one of the most...
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Israel Threatens Iran With "Own Vietnam" In Syria, Hints At Major Pre-Emptive Strike
Days after top US defense officials warned they had credible intelligence of a major Iran threat against American troops and interests in the region...
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Bob McNamara, Lyndon Johnson's secretary of defense, said he wanted to leave a written record of the Vietnam war for historians, to "prevent policy errors in future administrations." When the Pentagon Papers were leaked to the New York Times by...
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We head to Madame Vo BBQ to try sea snails, see how the street-food staple is made, and learn the significance behind the dish and cuisine.
Happy families are all the same, according to Tolstoy. Unhappy families, though, have too many members who are overworked, according to Nguyen Thien Nhan, one of the officials at the forefront of Vietnam’s fight to decrease the work week down to...
Eleven North Korean defectors detained in Vietnam are asking the South Korean government to provide asylum in Seoul so they can avoid being deported to North Korea, according to a South Korean activist group.Peter Jung, head of Justice for North...
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Julia Roberts and Michelle Obama are embarking on a trip together.
The 52-year-old Eat Pray Love actress and the 55-year-old former first lady are traveling to Vietnam and Malaysia to focus on girls’ education and empowerment.
Julia will join...
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Gray, a cat living his best life in Vinh Phuc, Vietnam, recently proved that nothing can hold him back from carrying on with his day - not even a locked door.
What does Brexit have to do with Vietnam? It seems a strange question, but there are several ways that Britain's planned divorce from the European Union would be likely to affect the Southeast Asian nation.These effects can be put in three broad...
NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Daniel Weiss, president and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, about his new book "In That Time: Michael O'Donnell and the Tragic Era of Vietnam."
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Many Americans are at least vaguely familiar with the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War, which is a story of the evil that ordinary men can do. In 1968, U.S. troops were reeling from surprise attacks by the Viet Cong during the Tet Offensive...
Thomas Adam
Security, Asia
Why North Korean prosperity would be the ruin of its supreme leader.
Vietnam seemed like the perfect place for Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un to meet in late February for their latest summit on...
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Jason von Meding
Security, Asia
More than 10 years of U.S. chemical warfare in Vietnam exposed an estimated 2.1 to 4.8 million Vietnamese people to Agent Orange. More than 40 years on, the impact on their health has been staggering.
In the end,...
On a remote bend of the Mekong River in northern Laos, where its muddy waters make a hard right turn through steep verdant hills, the 330-odd residents of Houaygno village are bracing for an imminent exodus.Vietnam's state-owned PetroVietnam Power...
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Trump did not serve in the military during the Vietnam War. Spencer served in the US Marine Corps as a helicopter pilot in the late 1970s.
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Planting mangrove trees on the shores of Vietnam is helping protect against global warming—and also sowing the seeds of female empowerment.
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Vietnam, Qatar and others are entering a field once dominated by Russia and China.
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New Delhi (Sputnik): India has pipped Vietnam as the second largest mobile handset manufacturer globally. By 2022, the country is expected to see $6.2 billion worth of investment in smartphone manufacturing, although China remains the global leader...
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