• Pompeo appeals for North Korea to replicate Vietnam's 'miracle'

    Pompeo appeals for North Korea to replicate Vietnam's 'miracle'

    Jul 08, 2018 04:14 PM EDT

    ... miracle" of economic growth by improving ties with the U.S., vowing that America keeps its promises with former foes. Speaking to members of the U.S.-Vietnamese business community in Hanoi, Pompeo said Vietnam's experience since the normalization of relations with the U.S. in 1995 should be ...

  • Family fights for information about Hmong man jailed in Laos in 2011

    Family fights for information about Hmong man jailed in Laos in 2011

    May 15, 2016 06:40 PM EDT

    ... mountainous regions and whose ancestors are likely from China, living in Laos to fight for the U.S. As guerrilla soldiers on the ground, the U.S. trained 60,000 Hmongs, often to fight along North Vietnam's supply route through Laos. After the Vietnam War ended and thousands of ...

  • What you need to know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership

    What you need to know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership

    Jun 23, 2015 08:41 PM EDT

    ... Japan, Brunei, Malaysia, New Zealand and Vietnam to the list of U.S. free trade agreements partners. Moreover, the Trans-Pacific Partnership would upgrade existing U.S. free trade agreements, including the venerable NAFTA. Strategically, the Trans-Pacific Partnership will demonstrate to Asian partners that U.S. engagement in the ...

  • What are China’s ambitions in escalating dispute with Vietnam?

    What are China’s ambitions in escalating dispute with Vietnam?

    May 15, 2014 12:53 AM EDT

    ... opening to China was in no small part an effort to get China to demonstrate to Vietnam that China was going to put priority on relations with the United States. Vietnam couldn't count on them. And by the late '70s, China and Vietnam were fighting a border war. So ...

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    New Canadian Leader

    Dec 12, 2003 05:00 AM EDT

    ... was more the tone, more our standoffishness, more a sort of critical stance rather than the fact of our abstention. We never participated in the Vietnam War, but we had good relations. And, right now, in all Canada, we agree we have the same enemy. They're the terrorists. We ...

  • Vietnam War reenactors go full metal in the woods of Oregon

    Vietnam War reenactors go full metal in the woods of Oregon

    May 15, 2014 08:03 PM EDT

    ... uncle who volunteered and so it was one of these subjects that was spoken about in hushed tones growing up. I think that all of us of that generation have a strange relationship to that war, so the idea that somebody would want to reenact it really blew my mind ...

  • Trump's sweeping tariffs may overshadow Rubio's official trip to Asia

    Trump's sweeping tariffs may overshadow Rubio's official trip to Asia

    Jul 09, 2025 04:37 PM EDT

    The Trump administration is seeking to boost relations with Indo-Pacific nations to counter China's growing influence in the region. Trump on Monday sent notice to several countries about higher tariffs if they don't make trade deals with the U.S.

  • WATCH: Biden pushes for better care for veterans exposed to burn pits

    WATCH: Biden pushes for better care for veterans exposed to burn pits

    Mar 08, 2022 07:11 PM EDT

    President Joe Biden on Tuesday said U.S. veterans were the “backbone, the spine, the sinew” of the nation, has he pushed for better help for members of the military who face health problems, including after exposure to burn pits.

  • Deported from U.S., Cambodians fight immigration policy

    Deported from U.S., Cambodians fight immigration policy

    May 07, 2017 07:23 PM EDT

    Every year, the U.S. deports thousands of immigrants who are convicted of crimes after they serve their prison terms -- including green card holders and those granted asylum. The policy dates back to the Clinton and Bush administrations as part of their efforts to step up national security. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Kira Kay went...

  • With killing of top mullah, what’s next for the Taliban in Afghanistan?

    With killing of top mullah, what’s next for the Taliban in Afghanistan?

    May 23, 2016 11:24 PM EDT

    On Saturday, a U.S. drone strike killed Mullah Mansour, the leader of the Taliban and architect of the group’s bloody reconquest of Afghanistan this past year. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports on the killing, and Hari Sreenivasan talks to former Pakistani diplomat Riaz Mohammad Khan and former State Department official Barnett Rubin about...