News Vietnam: Flash flood kills 4, leaves 4 others missing in Vietnam
HANOI, July 18 (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and four others were missing after a flash flood swept through a mountainous village in Vietnam’s northern province of Lai Chau, state media reported on Saturday. The flood in Muong Than village early on Friday after days of heavy rains in several parts of northern Vietnam also injured seven people, reported the Vietnam News Agency.
News Vietnam: Vietnam’s Resolution 10 links FDI with national security and autonomy
The Politburo’s Resolution 10 has shifted from the mindset of 'attracting FDI' to 'creating a high-quality investment ecosystem,' and from the pursuit of pure growth to development closely linked with ...
News Vietnam: Vietnam Designates Two Overseas Groups as ‘Terrorist’ Organizations
The two organizations advocate for the political and cultural rights of the Montagnard peoples of the Central Highlands, a highly sensitive issue for Hanoi. The altar at the United Montagnard ...
News Vietnam: Da Lat travel guide: What to do in Vietnam's city of eternal spring
Da Lat is Vietnam’s cool central-highlands city, perched at about 1,500 metres on the Lang Biang Plateau where temperatures hover around a spring-like 15 to 24 deg C all year. That is why locals call it the City of Eternal Spring, and why Da Lat Vietnam has become the go-to escape from the hot, humid lowlands around Ho Chi Minh...
News Vietnam: Vietnam Customs orders faster clearance for agricultural exports at border gates
HANOI: Vietnam Customs has instructed its regional customs sub-departments to expedite customs clearance for agricultural exports, particularly durian shipments, at border gates to support businesses ...
News Vietnam: New History Book Explores the Beginnings of Baptist Ministry in Vietnam, 1959-1975
Missionary and author Sam James has released "Birth in the Midst of War: A History of Baptist Beginnings in Vietnam 1959–1975," a nonfiction history documenting the beginnings of Baptist ministry in Vietnam from 1959 to 1975. Based on years of research, firsthand accounts and James' own experiences, the book follows the people and events that shaped the Baptist ministry in Vietnam in its earlier days.
News Vietnam: Bodies of 15 Indian tourists killed in Vietnam boat accident are flown home
The bodies of 15 Indian tourists who died when a speedboat capsized off Vietnam’s Phu Quoc are being flown home.
News Vietnam: Speedboat capsizes off Vietnam, killing 15 tourists; police detain captain
Vietnamese police detained Sunday the captain of a speedboat that capsized off southern Vietnam, killing 15 Indian tourists. The speedboat was carrying 32 Indian tourists and four Vietnamese crew ...
News Vietnam: Vietnam police detain captain after speedboat capsizing kills 15 Indian tourists
Two Indian tourists are in critical condition after a speedboat carrying capsized off southern Vietnam, killing 15 people.
News Vietnam: Vietnam needs “breakthrough pushes” to ensure energy security
Vietnam needs “breakthrough pushes” to safeguard national energy security while sustaining rapid and sustainable growth, Le Huu Phuc, Vietnam’s Trade Counsellor in Thailand told the Vietnam News ...
News Vietnam: Vietnam cybersecurity law violates freedoms of speech and expression: HRW report
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Vietnam on Tuesday to repeal its new cybersecurity law, saying that it violates the rights to free speech and freedom of expression. Vietnam’s new law, set to come into ...
News Vietnam: The First U.S. Combat Troops Arrive in South Vietnam
What began as a small deployment of U.S. Marines to protect an airbase at Da Nang in Vietnam escalated into one of the most divisive wars in U.S. history.
News Vietnam: Vietnam veteran unexpectedly reunited with squad leader over 50 years later
FINDLAY, Ohio — In June, Bruce Hardy and Ron Badyna were among 83 Vietnam War veterans to take part in Flag City Honor Flight. They expected a day spent seeing the memorials in Washington, D.C. and ...
News Vietnam: Purdue Northwest partners with university in Vietnam
HAMMOND AND WESTVILLE, Ind. (Inside INdiana Business) — Purdue University Northwest’s College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences is embarking on a new partnership with a university in ...
News Vietnam: Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall comes to northwest Ohio
ATTICA, Ohio — It's been 49 years since the last American soldiers left Vietnam. Many of the soldiers who fought in the war never got to go home, but their names will never be forgotten because those ...
News Vietnam: The Vietnam Veterans Who Fought for Modern PTSD Treatments
Vietnam veterans fought a second war at home to get recognition and treatment. That fight created the modern VA mental health system.
News Vietnam: Vietnam rethinks its flood strategy as climate change drives storms and devastation
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam is rethinking how it copes with floods after a year of relentless storms collapsed hillsides and left vast parts of cities under water. From mapping high-risk areas to reimagining “sponge cities” that can absorb and release water naturally, Vietnam is investing billions to adapt to what experts call a new era of climat...
News Vietnam: Tropical storm leaves 4 dead in Vietnam and brings heavy rain to the region
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Heavy rain fell Tuesday in parts of Southeast Asia after a tropical storm made landfall in Vietnam, causing at least four deaths, damage to homes and flooding in the capital and coastal areas. State television network VTV said the remnants of Typhoon Kajiki were moving over Laos on Tuesday. Heavy rain was also forecast in Thai...
