Today, the Vietnamese diaspora is a force of around 5m people, living and working everywhere from America to eastern Europe.

A tourist boat capsized during a typhoon in Vietnam's Hạ Long Bay on Saturday, July 19, resulting in 34 bodies being found.

Floods caused by monsoon rains blanket large swathes of the Philippine capital. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Vietnam joined BRICS as a partner in June 2025, strengthening its global integration and South-South cooperation. With a ...

With a long coastline facing the South China Sea, Vietnam is prone to typhoons that are often deadly. Last year, Typhoon Yagi killed around 300 people and caused $3.3 billion of damage.

Storm Wipha is set to enter the East Sea, known internationlly as South China Sea, on July 19, with forecasts warning the ...

Storm Wipha has entered the South China Sea and is gaining strength as it heads toward Vietnam’s northern coast, with ...

The NVA and VC had launched their Tet Offensive, a brutal assault by some 84,000 soldiers and guerrillas across South Vietnam. They were told to "crack the sky" and "shake the earth" and that the ...

In 1963, he became leader of South Vietnam after a coup in which Diem was murdered. Duong's rule lasted after only two months, but he briefly led South Vietnam again in 1975 before surrendering ...

MUCH of the calamitous situation in South Vietnam had its beginnings under President Ngo Dinh Diem. Yet, though it is easy to catalogue the blunders and errors of his nine-year rule, this dogmatic ...

He served as the South Vietnamese chief of state under Nguyen Cao Ky from 1965-67. In 1967, he ran successfully for president of South Vietnam and held that position until the fall of Saigon ...