Vietnam

Latest Stories

The brother of Hoang Van Tiep carries his portrait outside Trung Song church during his funeral on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, in Dien Chau, Vietnam. The 18-year old Tiep was among the 39 Vietnamese who died when human traffickers carried them by truck to England in October, and whose remains were among the 16 repatriated to their homeland Wednesday. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Vietnam receives last of 39 remains of trafficking victims

By HAU DINH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday Oct. 23, 2019 file photo, police escort the truck, that was found to contain a large number of dead bodies, as they move it from an industrial estate in Thurrock, south England. British police say they have arrested a 23-year-old man from Northern Ireland, Friday Nov. 22, 2019, over the deaths of 39 people from Vietnam who were found dead in a refrigerated container truck last month. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Bodies of victims found in UK truck repatriated to Vietnam

Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday Oct. 23, 2019 file photo, police escort the truck, that was found to contain a large number of dead bodies, as they move it from an industrial estate in Thurrock, south England. British police say they have arrested a 23-year-old man from Northern Ireland, Friday Nov. 22, 2019, over the deaths of 39 people from Vietnam who were found dead in a refrigerated container truck last month. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

UK police make new arrest over people-smuggling truck deaths

Associated Press

Journalist arrested in Vietnam for ‘anti-state’ activities

Associated Press

California governor pardons 3 in bid to block deportations

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

In this Jun. 21, 2018, photo, a silver-backed chevrotain is captured by camera trap in an undisclosed forest in south central Vietnam. The species, commonly known as Vietnamese mouse deer, was rediscovered after 30 years. (Southern Institute of Ecology/Global Wildlife Conservation/Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research/NCNP via AP)

Rare deer-like species photographed for first time in wild

Associated Press

Australian man Chau Van Kham, left, is escorted into a court room in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. Kham was sentenced to 12 years in jail for conducting activities of &quot;terrorism to oppose the people's administration.&quot; (Nguyen Thanh Chung/VNA via AP)

Vietnamese court finds Australian guilty of terrorism

Associated Press

In this July 8, 1986, file photo, World War II Navajo veterans and supporters march through the reservation in a show of solidarity against giving up any of their land to the Hopis in Arizona. &quot;The Warrior Tradition,&quot; a new film set to air on most PBS stations Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, examines the history of Native Americans in the U.S. military since World War I. (AP Photo/Jeff Robbins, File)

Film probes history of Native Americans in the US military

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

Candles are laid out as priest of the Vietnamese Catholic Cathedral in east London, Father Simon Thang Duc Nguyen speaks at The Holy Name and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, London's Vietnamese church, in east London. Saturday Nov. 2, 2019, during a service and vigil to honor the 39 victims who died in a refrigerated truck container found on Oct. 23. The community is mourning the unidentified victims, who were trying to enter Britain in hopes of finding opportunity. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Vietnam arrests 8 more in Britain trucks deaths

By HAU DINH - Associated Press

This undated photo issued on Tuesday Oct. 29, 2019 by Essex Police shows Ronan Hughes, right, and his brother Christopher Hughes from Northern Ireland, as the investigation widens into the deaths of 39 people who were found in truck container in southeastern England. Both are wanted on suspicion of manslaughter and human trafficking. (Essex Police via AP)

UK police say truck victims from Vietnam; 3 suspects held

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

In this Oct. 28, 2019, photo, Hoang Thi Ai, mother of Hoang Van Tiep, who is feared to be among the England truck dead, stares off at home in Dien Thinh village, Nghe An province, Vietnam. For many Vietnamese, a job in a Western European country is seen as a path to prosperity worth breaking the law for. But the risks of doing so are high and the consequences can be deadly, as the discovery of 39 bodies in a truck in England last week proved. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Vietnamese turn to traffickers to help chase fortunes abroad

By HAU DINH - Associated Press

South Vietnamese ‘lost soldiers’ memorialized in California

Associated Press

This image released by DreamWorks Animation shows characters, from left, Peng, voiced by Albert Tsai, Everest the Yeti, Yi, voiced by Chloe Bennet and Jin, voiced by Tenzing Norgay Trainor, in a scene from 'Abominable' in theaters on Sept. 27, 2019. (DreamWorks Animation LLC. via AP) **FILE**

Vietnam bans Hollywood’s ‘Abominable’ Over S. China Sea map

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 28, 1972 file photo, U.S. Sen. George McGovern, D-S.D., appears on TV 's &quot;Face the Nation.&quot; The Sunday morning public affairs show &quot;Face the Nation&quot; celebrates 60 years of broadcasts this week, making it the second longest-running television program on the air. (AP Photo/Jeff Robbins, File)

Trump channels George McGovern

By Cal Thomas

Mementos including a worn pair of boots, have been replaced after the wall was cleaned at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Body of soldier killed in Vietnam being returned to Indiana

Associated Press

Illustration on the future of U. S. involvement in Afghanistan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The Vietnamization of Afghanistan

By Jed Babbin

President Donald Trump and national security adviser Robert O'Brien speak to the media at Los Angeles International Airport, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Los Angeles. A president with few ideological constants, Donald Trump has consistently been leery of getting entangled in overseas military engagements. It’s a stance shaped by his belief that wars in places like Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq have drained America’s resources at home and its reputation abroad. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Despite his tough talk, Trump is leery of foreign conflict

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

South Boston’s Vietnam War memorial to be rededicated

Associated Press

FILE - In this June 29. 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. Trump is prioritizing China trade negotiations over defending the Hong Kong protesters. This contrasts with the stance normally taken by his White House predecessors, who would use such a flashpoint as a moment to espouse an American commitment to democratic values.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

State Department accuses China of muscling Vietnam out of oil and gas exploration

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Law of the Sea Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

How China violates international law with impunity

By James Borton