Vietnam was importing COVID-19 test kits from South Korea and conducting test research with Japan. Today, Vietnam is exporting domestically made kits to richer nations, adding to a string of …
Construction on Vietnam Veterans Memorial Getting Underway
The construction of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Fall River’s Bicentennial Park is scheduled to start in mid-May.
Refugee recalls harrowing Vietnam escape, as world observes 45th anniversary of the ‘Fall of Saigon’
Kennedy was 12 when she and her family escaped Vietnam in 1975 during the ‘Fall of Saigon.’ After 45 years of freedom, she remembers it vividly.
Vietnam LED Lighting Market Report 2020, Industry Overview, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2025
According to the latest report by IMARC Group, Vietnam LED lighting market reached a value of US$ 570 Million in 2019. Looking forward, the market to exhibit moderate growth during 2020-2025. A …
Will Vietnam Be ASEAN Chair for Another Year?
There are rumors that Vietnam wants an extra year as chair, to make up for the COVID-19 disruption. Would the rest of ASEAN agree to that?
Where are the female voices? Vietnam author asks of war stories
Women bore much of the burden of the Vietnam War but their voices have long been absent from the trove of literature on the topic, says acclaimed author Nguyen Phan Que Mai. Speaking to AFP ahead of …
New Novel Offers Female Perspective on the Vietnam War
Nguyen Phan Que Mai’s “The Mountains Sing” — written in English — aims to shine a light on the stories of women who endured and survived conflict.
Coronavirus: More US deaths than in Vietnam war
The US will mostly be back to normal by June and “rocking again” by July, Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser forecast as he proclaimed the “great success” of the …
The coronavirus death toll just surpassed Vietnam. Here’s why that comparison is fraught.
With each passing week, the toll of the coronavirus hits another milestone. Early this month, the number of deaths in New York City surpassed the death toll on 9/11. The next week, the death toll …
After Aggressive Mass Testing, Vietnam Says It Contains Coronavirus Outbreak
Businessman Phan Quoc Viet was making his usual prayers at a pagoda in Tay Ninh, a province in southern Vietnam, when the government official’s call came. It was late January, just after the Lunar New …