Vietnam News

The Memorial Day holiday seems to have morphed into just another day off for most Americans - family gatherings and outings, shopping, barbecue dinners, perhaps just a day of rest.

As Nick Vujicic, an Australian motivational speaker who was born without arms and legs, was wrapping his high profile visit in Vietnam, his local bodyguards have been accused of violating several traffic rules .

A Vietnamese official who campaigned to shut down a moon-bear sanctuary run by Hong Kong charity Animals Asia has been fired after an investigation ordered by his country's prime minister.

This Memorial Day ceremony at the Chalmette National Cemetery was photographed May 29, 2011.

Retired Major General Peter Phillips at home in Canberra with ten-year-old grand daughter Sarah.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam said they are working with law enforcement partners to investigate a consulate officer who has allegedly received bribes from Vietnamese seeking visas.

Air Force Sgt. Louis Clever, who grew up in Freeport, holds his then-5-year-old son Paul in this 1968 portrait taken at the family home in Georgia.

Maj. Derrell Jeffords bounced his roaring Spooky 21 down and off the runway at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam.

It is unclear exactly what conditions the six-man crew encountered that caused their mission on Dec.

The Supreme People's Court of Appeal yesterday heard the cases of eight people previously convicted of "carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people's Government" pursuant to Clauses 1 and 2, Article 79 of the Penal Code.

One white expat's odd May 19 ode to Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X on the occasion of their respective 123rd and 88th birthdays According to this week's 'My Two Cents' contributor, American geniuses Malcolm X and Jerry Seinfeld agree: the Vietnamese people should stop whitening their skin and otherwise desist from further Europeanizing their appearance ... (more)

Nick Vujicic, an Australian evangelist who was born with no limbs, on his wheelchair, delivers his speech to a crowd of about 25,000 students and young people at My Dinh national stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thurdsay.

The Vietnam's National Assembly on Friday approved the government's nomination of Dinh Tien Dung as finance minister of Vietnam with 71.28 percent of votes in favor.

A court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced three men to death for their part in a gang which stole at least 30kg of gold and killed a shopkeeper, local media reported Friday.

Van Vu, left, looks over an award that he translated for David Simpson, right, at Mary's Cafe in Rock Hill.

The Vietnam government has given the go-ahead to a plan to protect elephants from extinction and breed domesticated ones.

In a previously undisclosed criminal complaint, Foreign Service officer Michael T. Sestak faces charges of conspiracy to commit visa fraud and bribery in an alleged scheme that investigators say spanned several countries.

Grand news for the tourists who do not want to queue up and waste time at Vietnam Embassies for Vietnam Visa - Visa-vietnam.org has announced to offer Vietnam visa within as little as 24 hours for those interested to fly to Vietnam.

The rhino horns seized from a 31-year-old man, D.V.S, at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC when he arrived from a European country May 20 Customs officers at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat Airport seized more than five kilograms of rhino horn allegedly smuggled in by a passenger Monday, two weeks after Vietnam and South Africa agreed to ... (more)

SCHOOL pupils got a lesson in rock 'n' roll when they had a visit from the former drummer from Status Quo.