It left an additional 21 people missing in Central Vietnam, which is still recovering from another storm. Bualoi’s deadly path started in the Philippines over the weekend.
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Typhoon Bualoi Slams Into Central Vietnam, Bringing Storm’s Death Toll to 22
It left an additional 21 people missing in Central Vietnam, which is still recovering from another storm. Bualoi’s deadly path started in the Philippines over the weekend.
What Will China’s Green-Tech Ambitions Cost the World?
Laos is just one of the emerging markets where China’s green-tech revolution is installing more than cheap energy.
What Will China’s Green-Tech Ambitions Cost the World?
Laos is just one of the emerging markets where China’s green-tech revolution is installing more than cheap energy.
How China Is Losing Its Title as the World’s Sneaker Factory
For American manufacturers, it is hard to quit China and its unrivaled factories. One industry is defying that reality as it shifts more production to Vietnam.
The World Wants More Vaccines. An Anti-Vaccine America Isn’t Helping.
Most governments are trying to fight vaccine hesitancy with science and investment, while the United States heads in the opposite direction.
The World Wants More Vaccines. An Anti-Vaccine America Isn’t Helping.
Most governments are trying to fight vaccine hesitancy with science and investment, while the United States heads in the opposite direction.
The World Wants More Vaccines. An Anti-Vaccine America Isn’t Helping.
Most governments are trying to fight vaccine hesitancy with science and investment, while the United States heads in the opposite direction.
Tran Trong Duyet, John McCain’s Captor at the ‘Hanoi Hilton,’ Dies at 93
Mr. Duyet endorsed Mr. McCain’s presidential bid in 2008 after insisting no Americans were tortured under his watch in the Vietnam War.
At Least One Dead as Typhoon Kajiki Slams Vietnam
More than 300,000 people have been told to evacuate as Typhoon Kajiki moved across a wide area between Hanoi and Da Nang.
Thailand and Cambodia Clash in Deadly Border Dispute
At least a dozen people were killed after the two countries exchanged fire after simmering tensions over a border dispute boiled over on Thursday.
Typhoon Wipha Pounds Hong Kong and Macau With Rain and Wind
The tropical cyclone was expected to make landfall in mainland China later on Sunday with winds equivalent to those of a Category 2 Atlantic hurricane.
At Least 28 Dead After Tourist Boat Capsizes in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay
The boat, carrying 48 passengers and five crew members, was on a sightseeing tour of Ha Long Bay when a sudden storm caused it to overturn, state media said. At least 10 people were rescued.
Eswatini Says It Will Repatriate Migrants Deported by the Trump Administration
The Trump administration sent five deportees to Eswatini, an African kingdom, saying that their own countries would not take them. But Eswatini says it will send them home.
Trump’s New Trade Threats Set Off Global Scramble to Avoid Tariffs
Many countries thought they were negotiating in good faith. The White House renewed its “reciprocal” tariff plan anyway, giving countries until Aug. 1 to make offers.
U.S. Leaves Vietnam’s War Dead Unidentified
Damien Cave, the Vietnam bureau chief for The New York Times, takes us to a cemetery in northern Vietnam, where scientists are using innovative DNA analysis techniques to match unidentified Vietnamese soldiers with their living relatives before U.S.A.I.D. cuts defund the program.
How New DNA Science Could Help More Families of the Missing
Emerging methods are improving the ability to identify even highly degraded human remains.
Vietnam Aches for Its M.I.A.’s. Will America Stop Funding Science to Identify Them?
New breakthroughs in DNA analysis offer a chance to identify more of the lost from wars and disasters stretching back decades — if the U.S. helps.
Trump Wants the World to Squeeze Out China. He’s Starting With Vietnam.
An initial trade deal with Vietnam offers a glimpse of how President Trump is pushing countries to cut back on trade with China.
Vietnam Abolishes Death Penalty for Embezzlement and Other Crimes
The move, one official said, would help the country extradite suspects from abroad. It would also spare the life of a recently convicted tycoon.
U.N. Report Says We’re Missing the Real Fertility Crisis
Policymakers in many countries assume that birthrates have fallen because people want fewer children, but a global study says financial insecurity is driving those decisions.
Vietnam Abolishes Two-Child Policy
Even though the regulation was loosely enforced, the nation’s birthrate fell to a record low last year.
Trump Wants America to Make Things Again. Does It Have What It Takes?
President Trump wants to revive factories, using tariffs as a tool. Companies that want to re-shore manufacturing are grappling with how to do it.
Why Vietnam Ignored Its Own Laws to Fast-Track a Trump Family Golf Complex
As President Trump blurs the lines between politics and business — and threatens steep tariffs on trade partners — governments feel compelled to favor Trump-related projects.
Inside a Trump Family Project in Vietnam
As President Trump blurs the lines between politics and business — and threatens steep tariffs on trade partners — governments feel compelled to favor Trump-related projects. Damien Cave, Vietnam bureau chief for The New York Times, and Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer on the international desk, discuss how this dynamic has played out in Vietnam, at the groundbreaking of a fast-tracked $1.5 billion Trump golf complex.
How China Stands in the Way of a U.S.-Vietnam Trade Deal
Among dozens of countries that were hit with steep tariffs, Vietnam was among the most publicly willing to meet the demands of the Trump administration. But China is a sticking point.
US Lining Up More Countries to Take Its Deportees
Besides El Salvador, where the United States have already sent detainees, Rwanda and Libya have records of mistreating migrant detainees.
Trump’s Tariffs Create Fear and Uncertainty at Vietnam’s Factories
The threat of 46 percent levies, among the highest for any country, is rattling Vietnam’s factory managers and workers, as well as thousands of exporters.
50 Years After the U.S. Left Vietnam, Another Retreat Is Shaking Asia
Even among former enemies, the new American withdrawal from aid and democratic ideals is stirring deep feelings and confusion.
Out of War’s Shadow: Vietnam on the Move
Nothing defines Vietnam more right now than the desire to be seen anew, to have the country and its people recognized for their strengths.
U.S. Eases Ban for Diplomats at Vietnam War Anniversary
The administration had said that no senior U.S. envoys could attend the events marking 50 years after the war’s end. On Tuesday, the U.S. consul general was seen at a reception for the anniversary.
How Photography From the Vietnam War Changed America
The images changed how the world saw Vietnam, but especially how Americans saw their country, soldiers and the war itself, which ended 50 years ago this month.
How Interviewing Your Own Family Can Change Your Life
My dad thought his father died in a Vietnamese prison. A recorded family history revealed the truth.
