Jan 27 In Vietnam, learning to embrace life with HIV By Larisa Epatko Lu Thi Thanh, a 28-year-old woman residing in northern Vietnam, speaks matter-of-factly about living with HIV. The words didn’t always come so easily, but things changed after she joined a support network called Sunflower. Continue reading
Nov 20 Watch 7:34 U.S. veteran leads clean-up of Vietnam War’s lethal remnants By PBS NewsHour There are still ongoing lethal consequences of the Vietnam War that ended in 1975. Undetonated "bomblets," dropped by the U.S. military during the conflict, are killing and maiming people who discover them by accident. To help close a painful chapter… Continue watching
Aug 04 U.S. seeks to quell South China Sea tensions By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press The United States will be looking to calm tensions stoked by recent Chinese oil drilling in disputed waters of the South China Sea at an upcoming meeting of the region's foreign ministers, a senior U.S. official said Monday. Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch In Vietnam, new hospital equipment gives more infants a breath of life By PBS News Hour Hospitals in Vietnam used to rely on imported equipment that often broke down. Now, cheaper, more usable neonatal machines are made within the country and are tailored to local conditions. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Hanoi on… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch Vietnam battles sex trafficking along China’s border By PBS News Hour China is like a giant magnet to neighboring Vietnam, luring workers with higher wages and transportation to other countries. But many women are taken to China involuntarily to be sold into marriage or to work in brothels. Special correspondent Fred… Continue watching
May 14 Watch What are China’s ambitions in escalating dispute with Vietnam? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 14 Watch Territorial dispute with China boils over in Vietnam By PBS News Hour Rioters targeted foreign-owned industrial sites near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. They looted, vandalized and set on fire factories they believed were Chinese-run, part of an escalating territorial struggle with China. Vietnamese anger has flared since the Chinese began operating… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch How does a modern jetliner vanish without a trace? By PBS News Hour There are still many more questions than answers in the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Judy Woodruff asks former NTSB investigator Alan Diehl and former NTSB board member John Goglia to speculate on different known factors and possible… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch ‘We are racing for life’: Chinese foreign ministry asks for help searching for Malaysian jet By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 08 Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 239 missing at sea By Kayla Ruble Rescue crews from multiple countries were still searching on Sunday for a Malaysia Airlines plane missing off the southern coast of Vietnam -- more than 20 hours after the Boeing 777-200 aircraft carrying 239 people vanished early Saturday morning. Continue reading