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The unpredictability of floods, chronic pollution issues, shifting climate norms and interference caused by Chinese dams are creating severe woes for Vietnamese farmers growing rice, a staple crop of the Southeast Asian country's diet. (Associated Press)

Vietnam’s fertile ‘rice bowl’ threatened by climate shifts, Chinese dams

By James Borton - Special to The Washington Times

2 Vietnam War veterans reconnect after almost 50 years

By BENJAMIN NUNNALLY - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR USE FRIDAY, NOV. 11, 2016 AND THEREAFTER-Mike Baughman sits for a photo at his home in Danville, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. The 64-year-old is among hundreds of veterans who have been diagnosed with a rare form of bile duct cancer that may be linked to their time in the service and an unexpected source: parasites in raw or poorly cooked river fish. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Still fighting: Vietnam vets seek help for rare cancer

By ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON - Associated Press

Police hunting for 230 escaped drug addicts in Vietnam

Associated Press

In this Dec. 26, 1972, file photo, actress Jane Fonda, right, and Tom Hayden, one of the founders of SDS, talk at the home of a friend in London, after their arrival from Paris. Hayden, the famed 1960s anti-war activist who moved beyond his notoriety as a Chicago 8 defendant to become a California legislator, author and lecturer, has died at age 76. His wife, Barbara Williams, says Hayden died on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016, in Santa Monica of a long illness. (AP Photo, File)

Through his life, Tom Hayden dedicated to changing the world

By LINDA DEUTSCH and TAREK HAMADA - Associated Press

EXCHANGE: Urbana man uses irony as he recalls Vietnam

By PAUL WOOD - Associated Press

Chinese navy ships to make first port call at Cam Ranh Bay

Associated Press

Vietnam labels California group a terrorist organization

Associated Press

President Obama walks past Chinese President Xi Jinping as he arrives for a group photo session for the G-20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, on Sunday. (Associated Press)

Obama seeks to curb China’s expanding clout, move beyond past on Laos visit

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Illustration on Trump and the "great silent majority" by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

MONICA CROWLEY: How Donald Trump is resurrecting the ‘great silent majority’

By Monica Crowley - The Washington Times

Richard Nixon Portrait by Norman Rockwell/Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery

EDITORIAL: Richard Nixon: ‘Peace is the right memorial’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The last American combat flag used in the Vietnam War fetched $55,000 in a recent auction. (Alexander Historical Auctions)

Last American ‘combat flag’ used in Vietnam War fetches $55,000 at auction

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, is welcomed by U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and her husband Edwin Arthur Schlossberg upon his arrival at Chubu Centrair International Airport for the Group of Seven Summit in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Wednesday, May 25, 2016. Japan hosts G-7 meetings in the Ise-Shima region on May 26 and 27. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Obama arrives in Japan after ‘rapping’ up visit to Vietnam

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama acknowledged that some dissidents who had been invited to meet with him were not able to attend. A White House aide blamed the Vietnamese government for preventing attendance by two dissidents and human rights groups said police are preventing some activists from leaving their homes during Mr. Obama's visit. (Associated Press)

Obama presses human rights message on trip in Vietnam

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One upon his departure from Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Obama is in Vietnam on a three-day visit. (AP Photo/Duong Minh Hoang)

Dissidents unable to meet with Obama in Vietnam as president calls for openness

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Even as President Obama was lifting a ban on arms sales to Vietnam, the communist government was arresting human rights activists. (Associated Press)

Vietnam arms embargo lamented as Obama leverage for human rights

The Washington Times

President Obama is given flowers by Linh Tran, the ceremonial flower girl, as he arrives Sunday at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Associated Press)

Obama lifts ban on selling U.S. arms to Hanoi in a bitter irony for Vietnam veterans

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times