Oct 29 Watch 4:58 News Wrap: Zeta leaves widespread damage, power outages across South In our news wrap Thursday, remnants of Hurricane Zeta raced across the southern U.S., leaving widespread damage, power outages and at least six people dead. The governor of Louisiana, where the storm made landfall Wednesday, urged caution as cleanup efforts… Continue watching
Oct 29 Typhoon, landslides leave 35 dead, dozens missing in Vietnam By Hau Dinh, Associated Press A typhoon that officials said was the most powerful to hit Vietnam in 20 years blew away from the country on Thursday after setting off landslides, sinking boats and knocking out power to at least 1.7 million people. Continue reading
Oct 28 26 missing, 2 killed after strong typhoon slams Vietnam By Hau Dinh, Associated Press Typhoon Molave has slammed into Vietnam with destructive force, killing at least two people and sinking two fishing boats with 26 crew members in what was feared to be the most powerful storm to hit the country in 20 years. Continue reading
Aug 03 Vietnam confirms 21 more cases in new virus outbreak By Associated Press The country, which had lifted many restrictions after more than three months with no local infections, now has 196 cases in the new outbreak. Continue reading
Jul 31 Vietnam reports 1st ever virus death after renewed outbreak By Hau Dinh, Associated Press Vietnam on Friday reported its first-ever death of a person with the coronavirus as it struggles with a renewed outbreak after 99 days with no local cases. Continue reading
Jul 30 After 99 days of success, virus returns to haunt Vietnam By Hau Dinh, Associated Press For 99 days, Vietnam seemed to have defeated the coronavirus. There wasn't a single reported case of community transmission. Continue reading
Jul 27 80,000 people leave Vietnamese city after new virus cases appear By Hau Dinh, Associated Press Vietnam, widely seen as a success in dealing with the coronavirus, reimposed a social distancing order in Da Nang following the cases, the first known to be locally transmitted in the country in over three months. Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch 6:28 How Vietnam’s authoritarian government succeeded at containing COVID-19 By Mike Cerre The coronavirus pandemic is continuing to spread across much of the world, but one country that set out to defeat it has apparently succeeded: Vietnam. Bordering China, where the virus originated, the similarly authoritarian country instituted mass quarantines and social… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch 4:52 Kim Phuc’s Brief But Spectacular take on pain and forgiveness A photograph of Phan Thi Kim Phuc as a nine-year-old girl enduring a napalm attack became a defining image of the Vietnam War. Healing has been a decades-long process. Now living in Canada, Kim Phuc shares her Brief But Spectacular… Continue watching
Jun 30 Vietnam, European Union sign free trade agreement By Associated Press Vietnam and the European Union signed a free trade agreement on Sunday, opening opportunities to further boost trade between the euro bloc and one of Southeast Asia’s biggest manufacturing nations. Continue reading