Legs stiff from long days of working in the rice terraces of northern Vietnam, scores of female farmers dressed in colourful cloth headbands and skirts gather on a gravel pitch for a game of football.
Bringing a slice of home to Vietnam: The story of a Red Cross Donut Dolly
Bobbi Stephens spent a year in Vietnam as a Red Cross volunteer. For her, some of the names on that wall are deeply personal. Growing up, Stephens was always interested in Southeast Asia. After …
PHOTOS: Vietnam Memorial Week
Gary Kaeding of Fargo looks at models of Vietnam War era aircraft with his grandsons Fletcher Svir, left, 4, and Lennon Svir, 5, before the opening ceremony Saturday, April 24, 2021, of Vietnam …
Vietnam veterans honored in Norwich
Vietnam veterans commemoration ceremony was held Saturday at the Chelsea Parade green. The ceremony was hosted by the Norwich Area Veterans Council and the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter No. 270.
As Vietnam’s Economy Strengthens, Check Out ‘VNM’
V ietnam’s economy is skewing back toward the upside, which should put assets like the VanEck Vectors Vietnam ETF (VNM) in focus. “A surging U.S. economy on the back of massive stimulus and pent-up …
Vietnam to increase share of renewable energy to 30% by 2045; only three Covid-19 cases confirmed on Saturday (April 24)
Vietnam will greatly reduce coal-based power generation and rapidly increase the share of renewables in the total primary energy supply to 20 per cent by 2030 and 30 per cent by 2045, said Vietnamese …
Vietnam’s VINARE credit ratings affirmed by AM Best
AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of ‘bbb+’ of Vietnam National Reinsurance Corporation (VINARE) Vietnam.
Human Rights Law NGO Hits Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand for Using Coronavirus to Control Media
Eugene Whong 2021-04-22 — An international human rights law NGO Thursday criticized the governments of Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam for using the COVID-19 pandemic to enact new laws that would …
Wodonga Vietnam Veterans reflect on an unwinnable war
BARELY out of their teens Eric Leask and Ross Hore first set foot in the inhospitable jungles of South Vietnam. Aged 20 and 21, respectively, they were part of the Australian war effort in Vietnam …
Vietnam defied the experts and sealed its border to keep Covid-19 out. It worked.
But few countries have gone as far as Vietnam, a one-party communist state with a GDP per capita of $2,700. The Haiphong checkpoints timed for Tet were the equivalent of closing off Los Angeles to …