Vietnam is aiming to become an industrialised country by 2045. Consultant Long Pham and Vietnam country director Andreas Stoffers from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom explain why this …
Bernie Sanders warns that Israel-Hamas War ‘may be Biden’s Vietnam’
Israel protests roiling college campuses loom as an ill omen for President Biden’s bid for a second term, as far as Sen. Bernard Sanders is concerned.
Vietnam police arrest former head of government office
Police in Vietnam have arrested the former head of the government office, Mai Tien Dung, on suspicion of abuse of power, the Ministry of Public Security said on Saturday, amid a widening anti-graft crackdown in the Southeast Asian country.
Vietnam police arrest former head of government office amid anti-graft crackdown
Police in Vietnam have arrested the former head of the government office, Mai Tien Dung, on suspicion of abuse of power, the Ministry of Public Security said on Saturday, amid a widening anti-graft …
Is Vietnam warming to Nato-style weaponry? A rugged South Korean howitzer holds clues
South Korea’s durable K9 howitzers have attracted interest from Hanoi as it seeks to diversify from Russian arms.
Navy veteran from Monroe receives citation for nuclear testing efforts in Vietnam era
Tom Hoffman, 85, received the Defense Department’s Atomic Veterans Commemorative Service certificate and medal for nuclear testing decades earlier.
Seafarers pay the price for the murky business of ship nationality
On March 6, one such attack killed three seafarers on the True Confidence ship. Two of them were nationals of the Philippines and the third was Vietnamese; the rest of the crew, who are from the …
Vietnam education startup Prep bags US$7 million in Series A funding
Other participating investors included Indonesia-focused VC firm East Ventures, Vietnam-based VC fund Touchstone Partners, and Saison Capital, the venture arm of Japanese financial company Credit …
E-waste is overflowing landfills. At one sprawling Vietnam market, workers recycle some of it
The world is producing more electronic waste than ever — 62 million metric tons in 2022. And it’s growing faster than formal efforts to recycle it.
Five Vietnamese victims of human trafficking rescued in Laos
VOV.VN – Five Vietnamese residents who fell victim to human trafficking in Laos have been rescued and assisted to return to their home country.