Browsing: Vietnam

Extreme heat has forced school closures across South Asia and Southeast Asia, impacting millions of students in both regions. 
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Over 200 Vietnamese living abroad and supporters from France came together in Paris to show their solidarity with Tran To Nga's lawsuit against chemical companies that supplied herbicides to the US during the Vietnam War.
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Vietnam’s tourism agency is expecting 100,000 attendees at its second annual festival celebrating the iconic banh mi.
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Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong has resigned after just one year in the job, state media announced Wednesday, as the communist country mounts a sweeping anti-graft purge. The Vietnam News Agency said Thuong was guilty of “violations and shortcomings” and his resignation was accepted by the party’s central committee. The 53-year-old’s dramatic fall comes as […]