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Investigators with crew members involved in the speedboat incident in Phu Quoc, Vietnam, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (VNA/Tran Van Si)

Bodies of 15 Indian tourists killed in Vietnam boat accident are flown home

By Aniruddha Ghosal and Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

Investigators with crew members involved in the speedboat incident in Phu Quoc, Vietnam, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (VNA/Tran Van Si)

Vietnam police detain captain after speedboat capsizing kills 15 Indian tourists

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and General Secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party To Lam talk during a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh, File)

An internal document shows the Vietnamese military preparing for a possible American war

By David Rising and Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting with Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Pentagon accused of paying Vietnam millions in ‘extortion’ scheme for POW records

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting with Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Hegseth in Vietnam to strengthen defense ties and reassure a cautious partner

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

CORRECTS TO CALL THE AREA THE OLD QUARTER - A Vietnamese motorcycle taxi ferries a customer on an EV scooter in the Old Quarter area in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Vietnam’s love affair with gas bikes is colliding with a new electric reality

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

Newly elected President Luong Cuong arrives at the National Assembly in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang) **FILE**

Vietnamese turn over military ID cards of missing Americans amid criticism for overcharging Pentagon

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - People wearing face masks wait at a traffic signal in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Vietnam will ban fossil-fuel motorcycles from central Hanoi over pollution concerns

By Aniruddha Ghosal and Hau Dinh - Associated Press

FILE- In an area heavily infiltrated by Viet Cong, a U.S. 1st Division soldier guards Route 7 as Vietnamese market women and schoolchildren return home to the village of Xuan Dien from Ben Cat, December 1965. (AP Photo/Horst Faas, File)

Vietnam charging millions for info on missing American soldiers, providing few answers

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A family shopping at a shopping mall in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Vietnam scraps 2-child policy as aging threatens economic growth

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

Philippines, Vietnam and China illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Vastly different Philippines, Vietnam face common enemy: China

By Donald Kirk

Vietnamese veteran soldiers take part in a parade during the 50th anniversary celebration of the end of the Vietnam War Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Vietnam celebrates 50th anniversary of national unification, capture of Saigon

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

FILE- Attendants sit next to a field contaminated with dioxin before a ceremony marking the start of a project to clean up dioxin left over from the Vietnam War, at a former U.S. military base in Danang, Vietnam, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Maika Elan, File)

Agent Orange cleanup and other efforts critical to ties with Vietnam jeopardized by USAID cuts

By David Rising and Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, left, and Vietnamese President Luong Cuong pose for photos during their meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP)

Russia says it will help Vietnam become a ‘partner country’ in the BRICS bloc of developing nations

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

A bridge collapse due to floods triggered by typhoon Yagi in Phu Tho province, Vietnam on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024 (Bui Van Lanh/ VNA via AP)

Flooding sweeps away a bus and a bridge collapses in Vietnam as storm deaths rise to 59

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

People walk past broken light post after typhoon Yagi hit the city, in Hai Phong, northern Vietnam on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Minh Quyet/VNA via AP)

Typhoon Yagi kills 14 in Vietnam as officials warn of heavy rain that can cause flooding

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Vietnamese President To Lam embrace during an official welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace, in Hanoi, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin signs deals with Vietnam in bid to shore up ties in Asia

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha walk together after Putin's arrival at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, June. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang)

Putin in Vietnam, seeking to strengthen ties in Southeast Asia while Russia’s isolation deepens

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

Business woman Truong My Lan, center, attends a trial in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Thursday, April 11, 2024. The real estate tycoon may face the death penalty if convicted of allegations that she siphoned off an amount of $12.5 billion, nearly 3 percent of Vietnam's 2022 GDP, in its largest financial fraud case. (Thanh Tung/VnExpress via AP)

Real estate tycoon’s death sentence is a turning point in Vietnam’s anti-corruption campaign

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

Market status to Vietnam and China normalized trade mistake illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Granting market status to Vietnam would repeat the ‘China mistake’

By Michael Stumo