Trump pitches US arms exports in meeting with Vietnam
HANOI – US President Donald Trump has used a meeting with Vietnamese officials to pitch arms exports from the United States, ahead of a meeting with North Korean leader Kim…
Germany aims to reset ties with Vietnam after kidnapping case
BERLIN – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas says he will use a meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart to discuss resetting ties between the two countries after past differences over the kidnapping…
Vietnamese airlines granted access to US market for first time
WASHINGTON/HANOI – Vietnamese airlines will be able to fly to the United States and codeshare with American carriers after the US Federal Aviation Administration declared the Southeast Asian country complies with…
Thailand to investigate disappearance of Vietnamese asylum-seeker
BANGKOK – Thailand will investigate the disappearance of a dissident Vietnamese journalist after a rights group said he may have been abducted from Bangkok where he applied for UN refugee…
Wife of American detained in Vietnam campaigns for his release at Trump speech
A California nurse whose husband is detained in Vietnam will attend President Donald Trump’s speech to the US Congress, seeking to raise awareness in Washington and push harder on bipartisan…
Hong Kong customs seize record haul of pangolin scales bound for Vietnam
HONG KONG, – Hong Kong customs have busted a massive endangered species smuggling operation from Africa, seizing a record quantity of pangolin scales along with more than 1,000 ivory tusks,…
Yazidi survivor demands justice for women raped in Vietnam War
LONDON – Vietnamese villager Tran Thi Ngai was alone in her home when a South Korean soldier forced his way in and raped the then-24-year-old midwife during the Vietnam War.…
Tough South China Sea talks ahead as Vietnam seeks to curb China’s actions
HONG KONG – Tough negotiations lie ahead over a new pact between China and Southeast Asian nations aimed at easing tensions in the South China Sea, as Vietnam pushes for…
Bomb kills three Vietnamese tourists, Egyptian guide near pyramids: officials
CAIRO – Three Vietnamese tourists and an Egyptian guide have been killed and at least 10 others injured when a roadside bomb blast hit their tour bus less than 4…
