He was awarded the Medal of Honor in 2014 for bravery in battle and aided veterans in his later years. He died of the new coronavirus.
Vietnam to ease nationwide coronavirus lockdown
No provinces in Vietnam were now seen as “highly prone” to the pandemic, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said in a statement, although some non-essential businesses will remain closed. Vietnam has won …
Vietnam-linked hackers targeted Chinese government over coronavirus response: researchers
Hackers working in support of the Vietnamese government have attempted to break into Chinese state organisations at the centre of Beijing’s effort to contain the coronavirus outbreak, U.S.
The Latest: Vietnam loosens restrictions; no reported deaths
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it …
Facebook ‘complicit’ in Vietnam censorship: Amnesty
Amnesty International on Wednesday accused Facebook of “caving” to Vietnam’s strict censorship regime, after the US tech giant confirmed it was blocking content deemed illegal by the country’s …
Facebook agrees to restrict anti-government content in Vietnam after months of throttling
Facebook has agreed to block access to certain anti-government content to users in Vietnam, following months of having its services throttled there, reportedly by state-owned telecoms. Reuters, citing …
Exclusive: Facebook agreed to censor posts after Vietnam slowed traffic – sources
We believe the action was taken to place significant pressure on us to increase our compliance with legal takedown orders when it comes to content that our users in Vietnam see,” the first of the two …
China says Vietnam’s claims in South China sea are illegal, ‘doomed to fail’
China’says it has lodged stern representations in response to what it called Vietnam’s illegal claims in the South China sea and that an …
Vietnam Says Over 13,000 People Linked to Coronavirus Cluster Tested Negative
A man holds a rice bag after getting rice from an automatic rice dispensing machine, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 16, 2020. REUTERS/KhamReuters …
Bennie Adkins, who received Medal of Honor for Vietnam War battle, dies at 86 of coronavirus
Bennie Adkins, a farmer’s son eager to see the world beyond Oklahoma, had quit college twice and was facing a future either as a fry cook or tilling the land. It was peacetime, he recalled, and he was …