Livemint.com, an Indian business and financial daily newspaper has run an article saying that the Indian travel market is buzzing and travel from India has seen a significant spike, with Vietnam emerging as a favoured international destination. Vietnam is …
Letters to the Editor: Opposing views on L.A. County’s ‘Jane Fonda Day’ and the Vietnam War
As a citizen who was affected by the Vietnam War, I agree with the letter writer in The Times, a Vietnamese American, who wrote that “many Vietnamese ex-pats … don’t understand the history of …
Clarence Sasser, medic in Vietnam battle awarded Medal of Honor, dies at 76
Clarence Sasser, an Army medic in Vietnam who was awarded the Medal of Honor for saving injured soldiers in spite of his own injuries from gunfire, dies at 76.
Letters to the Editor: Why today’s college protests are entirely different from anti-Vietnam War unrest
There is a distinction between the protests of today and those that took place in the 1960s and early ’70s. Then, students were protesting for a common cause — ending the Vietnam War prosecuted by the U.
Vietnam, Holy See agree to increase exchange of high-ranking delegations, meetings
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and Under-Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See Monsignor Miroslaw Wachowski co-chaired the 11th annual meeting of the Vietnam – Holy See Joint Working Group in Hanoi on May 17.
Tough job ahead for former top cop now set to be Vietnam’s new president; main job to calm down investors
Vietnam’s Communist Party has nominated public security minister To Lam to be the country’s new president, state media said Saturday, after his predecessor resigned as part of a sweeping anti-graft …
Vietnam nominates top police official To Lam as state president
HANOI, May 18 (Reuters) – The Communist Party of Vietnam has nominated police minister To Lam to be state president, the government said on Saturday. The party has also nominated Tran Thanh Man, vice …
Cambodia’s US$1.7 billion China-backed canal sparked unease. Here’s how it can soothe concerns
The 180km Funan Techo Canal project has the potential to supercharge Cambodia’s economy by providing the country’s first-ever inland-sea link But Vietnam, and its other Mekong neighbours, need …
Will Vietnam’s anti-corruption drive usher in pro-China hardliners and impact US ties?
The conservatives among Vietnam’s future leaders could seek closer ties with China to ensure the regime’s survival, analysts say Vietnam has steadfastly maintained its ‘bamboo diplomacy’ by not …
Investors Still Flocking to Vietnam Despite Political Upheaval
Vietnam’s anti-graft drive has taken down a slew of top Communist Party leaders, including presidents, deputy prime ministers and Politburo members. But that hasn’t stopped foreign investors from …