A Vietnam War veteran was recently reunited with a precious object from his military career, nearly six decades after his service ended. Florence, South Carolina, resident Larry Morganti was given his dog tag – a piece of identification for military personnel –
May 7, 2024, marked the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, when Vietnamese troops defeated the French colonial army, ending almost a century of French colonial rule. A commemoration ceremony was held at a stadium in the center of
Vietnam, a major rice exporter, is aiming to transform its farming techniques by reducing its emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas. Rice paddies generate methane due to flooded conditions inhibiting soil oxygen, making up 8 percent of human-made methane emissions globally. The
More Vietnamese migrants have reached the UK through the Channel this year than people from any other country. While the UK Government managed to reduce the number of Albanian nationals entering the country via perilous small boat crossings, the number of migrants
Truong My Lan, a real estate tycoon, faces the death penalty in a trial that began on Tuesday for alleged fraud amounting to $12.5 billion. Lan, the 66-year-old chair of Van Thinh Phat real estate company, allegedly utilized thousands of ghost companies,
President Jimmy Carter granted an unconditional and controversial pardon to the many thousands of men who dodged the U.S. military draft during the Vietnam War on this day in history, Jan. 21, 1977. Ahead of the 1976 presidential election, then-candidate Carter promised
Comedian Bob Hope gave his last Christmas show to U.S. servicemen in Saigon on this day in history, Dec. 24, 1972. The iconic entertainer, who starred in more than 50 films, kept up a tradition of visiting troops deployed overseas since WWII.
Bob Pardo, who made his mark in Air Force history for using an unorthodox maneuver, Pardo’s Push, to save the lives of his wingmen during a bombing mission during the Vietnam War, has died at 89. Pardo, who died Dec. 5, is
Chinese President Xi Jinping is hoping a trip to Vietnam will help strengthen China’s relationship with its fellow communist Asian country. Xi began his state visit to Vietnam on Tuesday, arriving at the Central Office of the Communist Party of Vietnam in
Vietnam veterans honored with traveling memorial U.S. Army Reserve Lt. Colonel James Hendon, United War Veterans Council founding President Vince McGowan and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund site manager Tim Tetz share a look at ‘The Wall That Heals.’ The Vietnam Veterans Memorial