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This photo shows power lines in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 8, 2023. Vietnam has released a long-anticipated energy plan meant to take the country through the next decade and help meet soaring demand while reducing carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Long-awaited Vietnam energy plan aims to boost renewables, but fossil fuels still in the mix

By Victoria Milko - Associated Press

U.S. Army veteran Ed Reichbach, 93, left, greets Vietnam veteran Fred Kalfon, 81, after Kalfon's workout session at the Grey Team veterans center, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Boca Raton, Fla. The center is helping veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental and physical ailments get back into the civilian world. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Florida center says ‘Grey Team’ technology, exercise help veterans overcome PTSD and other ailments

By Terry Spencer - Associated Press

Workers are seen in Ninh Binh Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant to supply electricity, in Ninh Binh Province in Vietnam, on Sept. 19, 2007. The German said Wednesday, June 7, 2023, that it is concerned by the recent detention of a prominent environmental campaigner in Vietnam, warning that a recent multi-billion-dollar deal to help the country phase out coal use requires the involvement of civil society activists. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki, File)

Germany alarmed by detention of Vietnam climate activist, warns on coal phase-out pact with Hanoi

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

Protesters interrupt the start of a Senate Armed Services hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, as they shout at former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, center, joined by fellow former State Department heads George P. Shultz and Madeleine K. Albright. The upheaval came as members of an anti-war group Code Pink called the 91-year-old Kissinger a war criminal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

History As It Happens: A decent interval

By Martin Di Caro

Illustration on Biden's foreign policy by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Biden has overseen most catastrophic foreign policy failures in recent history

By Robert Wilkie

Iraq War veteran Melissa Stockwell, 42, is the first American woman to lose a leg in combat. She ran the Army Ten-Miler in Arlington, Virginia, in October as a reminder that Veterans Day should be "every day." (Courtesy of Semper Fi & America’s Fund)

Wounded warriors share resilience, prayer on Veterans Day

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

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

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times

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

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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

By Richard S. Ehrlich — Special to The Washington Times

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

By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press

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

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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

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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

By Michael McKenna

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

Afghanistan was another Vietnam

By Jed Babbin

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’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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

By Alexandra Jaffe - Associated Press

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

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

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

By Robert T. Wood

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

By Martin Di Caro