When you rewatch "Forrest Gump," you might be surprised to realize how little of its 2½-hour running time is devoted to Gump's service in Vietnam and his friendship with Lt. Dan Taylor.

If China lowers the threshold of what Vietnamese activities it deems acceptable, Vietnam will find it more difficult to maintain the balance between deferring and defying China. Recently ...

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Vietnam's ambitions to modernize its military and diversify international partnerships were on full display at the 2024 Vietnam International Defense Expo, an exhibition that concluded with ...

MANILA, Philippines — One of the biggest lessons that Vietnam has learned about China’s expansionism in the South China Sea is indisputable — the Asian behemoth does not discriminate in its ...

The law requires social media platforms providing services to users in Vietnam to store user data and provide it to authorities on demand. The government issued the decree this November ...

A pet dog is carefully kept indoors by a local household in Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, southern Vietnam. Photo: D.H. / Tuoi Tre A dog and cat meat restaurant owner in Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, ...

HANOI, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Vietnam wants to expand its international defence cooperation to build trust and prevent wars, its prime minister said on Thursday, and the United States said it was ...

"Our city is now on par with the other big cities of the world," she said. It took 17 years for Vietnam's commercial capital to reach this point. The project, funded largely by Japanese government ...

SINGAPORE: For 90 minutes, the Lions went toe to toe with regional heavyweights Vietnam, buoyed by the support of a vociferous sea of red at the Jalan Besar Stadium. But two late goals in the ...