Advertisement
  1. Home
  2. Topics
  3. Vietnam

Topic - Vietnam

), to the east. With a population of over 86 million, Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world. - Source: Wikipedia

Related Stories

In this file photo, Vietnam Communist party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong applauds during a party meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. (Le Tri Dung/VNA via AP) **FILE**

Slew of scandals pose legitimacy problem for Vietnam’s entrenched regime

People try to guess the landmarks on a map of Virginia made of Lego blocks at a news conference at the Science Museum of Virginia, Wednesday, June 15, 2022 in Richmond, Va., The Danish toy company said Wednesday it plans to invest more than $1 billion over 10 years to build a new factory in Virginia and to enlarge an existing factory in Mexico. (Shaban Athuman/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Lego expands amid sales surge, plans in place for new Virginia factory

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Russia woos Southeast Asia in search for allies, markets amid Ukraine blowback

Secretary of State Colin Powell looks on as President Bush addresses State Department employees at the State Department in Washington, on Feb. 15, 2001. Powell, who died Oct. 18, 2021, was a trailblazing soldier and diplomat. (AP Photo/Kenneth Lambert, File)

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021

Tourists pose for a photo after landing on Phu Quoc island, in Vietnam, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2020. More than 200 foreign tourists arrived on Vietnam's largest Phu Quoc island on Saturday, being the first to visit the Southeast Asian country after nearly two years of border closure due to COVID-19. (VietjetAir via AP)

Vietnam welcomes 1st tourists to resort island after 2 years

Then-Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., foreground, raises his hand to the crowd at a campaign rally in downtown Atlanta, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2002. Cleland, who lost three limbs to a Vietnam War hand grenade blast yet went on to serve as a U.S. senator from Georgia, died on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. He was 79. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)

Max Cleland dies; senator and veteran lost limbs in Vietnam

President Joe Biden watches as a carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, Calif., during a casualty return Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Nikoui died in an attack at Afghanistan's Kabul airport, along with 12 other U.S. service members. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Wars like Vietnam, Afghanistan bound to fail without congressional sign-off

Illustration comparing Afghanistan to Vietnam by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Afghanistan was another Vietnam

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at the airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. Harris is on a weeklong trip through Southeast Asia. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

Harris’ arrival in Vietnam delayed by possible ‘health incident’

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, right, stands next to Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a welcome ceremony at the Istana in Singapore Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

VP Harris to arrive in Vietnam as evacuation of Kabul evokes memories of fall of Saigon

In this Aug. 10, 2021, file photo, Vice President Kamala Harris speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington. The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has given new urgency to Harris’ tour of southeast Asia, where she will attempt to reassure allies of American resolve following the chaotic end of a two-decade war. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

VP Harris’ Asia trip carries new urgency after Afghan collapse

In this May 24, 2021, photo, Linda Dunegan poses for a photo in the sanctuary of the Open Door Baptist Church in Anchorage, Alaska. Dunegan purchased a former strip club and leased the main floor to the church. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Divine transformation: Ex-Alaska strip club becomes church

Illustration on millennials' ignorance of the history of communism by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

More than a third of America’s millennials approve of communism

In this Dec. 23, 2009, file photo United States Marines from the 2nd Battalion 2nd Marines "Warlords" and Afghan National Army soldiers walk in formation during an operation in the Garmsir district of the volatile Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, File)

History As It Happens: Vietnam redux

U.S. Army Gen. Scott Miller, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, center, Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command, left, and Abdullah Abdullah, head of Afghanistan's National Reconciliation Council, right, attend at a ceremony where Miller relinquished his command, at Resolute Support headquarters, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 12, 2021. The United States is a step closer to ending a 20-year military presence that became known as its "forever war," as Taliban insurgents continue to gain territory across the country. (AP Photo/Ahmad Seir)

Was America’s Afghanistan investment worth it?

Photos

Illustration comparing Afghanistan to Vietnam by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

More Photos

Quotations

Nguyen Trong Tuyen, a motorcycle taxi driver working for the Grab online ride-hailing service in Hanoi, Vietnam, said he’s been simply switching off the app during rush hour.

How much for gas? Around the world, pain is felt at the pump →

Taiwan and Vietnam also claim sovereignty over the Paracels — which the U.S. government doesn't recognize as their legal right — but China is actively expanding its military presence in the South China Sea.

U.S. Navy again challenges China's claims in South China Sea with destroyer voyage →

© Copyright 2022 The Washington Times, LLC
3600 New York Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002

Switch to Desktop version