The Atlantic

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As soon as Donald Trump announced his presidential candidacy, people noted a few of his linguistic quirks, such as the extended, supervowel pronunciation of huge and the references to himself in the third person. But beyond those, the version of Engl

Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES - She hardly sleeps and when she does, her children often lie near her, fearing someone "could take them away - or take me away." Helen Nguyen is the wife of Michael Phuong Minh Nguyen, an Orange County resident who has been imprisoned in

TIME

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LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT. HAVE YOU HEARD SOMEONE SAY this? Or have you said it? Anyone who has heard these five words knows what it means, because it almost always refers to America. Anyone who has heard this sentence knows it is a loaded gun, pointed at

The Christian Science Monitor

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Vietnam and the US, in celebrating a quarter century of ties, show how healing the legacy of war can create trust for close partnership.

ArtAsiaPacific

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Unlike their predecessors, the 14 Vietnamese artists and one collective featured in “Where the Sea Remembers” do not dwell on the trauma of the Vietnam War. Rather, they belong to a younger generation—many from the war’s resultant diaspora—who have r

Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES - An Orange County man imprisoned in Vietnam for more than 11 months is set to go on trial in late June, without access to legal counsel since his arrest, family members say. Vietnamese authorities have been investigating Michael Phuong M

Vietnam

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Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 By Max Hastings, HarperCollins, 2018 When it comes to war histories, the Vietnam War and World War I are in a class by themselves. More sheer nonsense has been written about these two conflicts than just about any

ArtAsiaPacific

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NEW YORK In Farah Al Qasimi’s photography, what isn’t visible is just as important as what is. The Abu Dhabi-born artist, who graduated from Yale University in 2017 with an MFA in photography, often partially obscures her subjects, highlighting the w

NPR

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Since U.S. ties improved, Vietnam's growth has surged. "North Korea is now like Vietnam in the past. They are looking for new ways to get out of their isolated situation," says a Vietnamese analyst.

New Internationalist

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LEADER: General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. ECONOMY: GNI per capita $2,170 (Cambodia $1,230, United States $58,270). Main exports: electronics, garments, crude oil. As wages and other business costs rise in China, foreign manufacturers are increasing

Artist Profile

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ESSAY MAI NGUYEN-LONG AN UNEXPECTED OUTCOME OF MYBeyogmos survey show at Wollongong Art Gallery in early 2014 was a resurrected desire to reconcile with one of my several pasts, by reconnecting with the rich cultural heritage of Vietnam. Thus in Sept

World Soccer

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On June 5, Vietnam’s V-League kicked off for the second time this year. The Southeast Asian country followed Germany and South Korea in bringing the game back quickly after the coronavirus outbreak, but there was a difference. Inside the stadium, rat

Los Angeles Times

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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - The requests that textile factory manager Huynh Thi Ai Diem receives are almost always the same: A foreign company is desperately trying to relocate production from China to Vietnam. Tariffs imposed by the U.S. have eaten

NPR

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Germany says an asylum-seeker who vanished in Berlin and turned up in Vietnam was snatched by Vietnamese agents. Vietnam says the man turned himself in. Now Germany is expelling a Vietnamese official.

Vietnam

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In 2007, environmental historian and university professor David Biggs traveled to Hue for the Fourth of July holiday. During the trip, Vietnamese officials told him that harmful chemicals abandoned during the war were still buried all over the countr

Home & Decor

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The title of my entry has the word Culturom, which is derived from “culture” and “rom” – the latter is a local Vietnamese material originating from rice plants. The idea for my entry arose from a firsthand perspective of ethnic minorities facing obst

Global Voices

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Vietnamese authorities continue their crackdown on freedom of expression against ordinary citizens even when they do not engage in any grassroots activism or political movements.

Post Magazine

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In March 2017, Vietnam's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that it had released a nationwide code of conduct for tourists for the first time, instructing visitors on how to behave while on holiday. Details such as where and how the gu

Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Edition

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Start your afternoon with an elaborate lunch at this storied hotel, which is the oldest in Hanoi and worth visiting even if you’re not staying there. It’s where US President Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un held their ill-fate

This Week in Asia

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Media professional To Chau, 34, has been thinking about having children with her husband since they bought a home in Saigon two years ago. But she still feels unprepared, "mentally or otherwise". A government policy introduced last month, aimed at re

This Week in Asia

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Even as many in the region hail a free-trade deal between the European Union and Hanoi for opening up new economic possibilities, analysts say it is unlikely to be a silver bullet for Vietnam's post-Covid-19 recovery. Chinese analysts also think it i

This Week in Asia

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For Tran Thi Khanh Trang, who holds an MBA degree from Colorado State University in the US, going into farming was not exactly a trendy career option in an agrarian country where parents typically expect their university-educated children to score ur

This Week in Asia

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Yet the priest at the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer in Ho Chi Minh City pulls no punches when it comes to violating political taboos. Father Anton Le Ngoc Thanh. Photo: Handout He has been arrested 10 times, is banned from leaving the count

This Week in Asia

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Saving the life of a British pilot who became Vietnam's most critically ill coronavirus patient has cost the country more than 3 billion dong (US$128,000) so far, but he has been pronounced clear of Covid-19 and authorities are considering repatriati

This Week in Asia

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Vietnam must navigate the troubled relationship between the United States and China - its two most important trade partners - at a particularly complex time, just as new leaderships emerge in both Hanoi and Washington. With Joe Biden's inauguration a

This Week in Asia

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Along a busy highway on the outskirts of Vietnam's largest city, a worn-out looking woman carrying all her worldly possessions in a handful of plastic bags picks her way through a web of swaying hammocks, looking for one that's empty so she can lay h

Global Voices

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The sizable Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic contributes to the shaping of a new culture that fuses elements of both countries.

This Week in Asia

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VIETNAM HAS LONG been known as a backpackers' paradise. Its vibrant street-food culture, a host of colourful heritage sites and breathtaking scenery offer plenty to adventure-seekers on a budget. But this is beginning to change. Once-sleepy beach tow

NPR

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The law requires internet companies to store locals' data in Vietnam and hand over user information if the government asks for it, among other contentious provisions.

International Traveller

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A lot can happen in 25 years, especially in an incredible place like the Indochina region, yet this is the amount of time Insider Journeys has pioneered travel here. They continue to give travellers the opportunity to experience some of the world’s y