May 23 Watch 6:58 News Wrap: Warm embrace of Obama sign of how far Vietnam-U.S. relations have come By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, President Obama was warmly welcomed in Vietnam on the first of a three-day visit. Lifting a 50-year-old arms embargo, he cited “common interests,” but denied China’s ever-expanding influence in the region was a consideration. Also,… Continue watching
May 23 Watch 9:03 Vietnam’s new economy and old culture drawing back children of U.S. immigrants By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 23 Obama lifts decades-old arms ban in his first visit to Vietnam By Foster Klug, Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam — U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday lifted a half-century-old ban on selling arms to Vietnam, looking to bolster a government seen as a crucial, though flawed partner in a region that he has tried to place at… Continue reading
May 22 Watch 4:24 Obama expected to push for human rights in first visit to Vietnam By PBS News Hour President Barack Obama has begun a three-day visit to Vietnam, his first stop on a week-long trip in Asia. The president arrived in the Vietnam's capital city of Hanoi on Sunday in his first visit to the country. Vietnamese leaders… Continue watching
May 21 Obama looks to boost economic ties with trip to Vietnam By Nancy Benac, Associated Press President Barack Obama's mission in Vietnam and Japan is to build stronger economic and security ties with Asian-Pacific allies anxious about the rise of an increasingly muscular China. Continue reading
May 20 Watch Meet bicycle diplomat Ted Osius, America’s modern ambassador to Vietnam By PBS News Hour Ted Osius’ path to becoming U.S. ambassador to Vietnam began with bicycle diplomacy, soon after relations with Hanoi were restored in 1995. As a consular officer, he pedaled the countryside and endeared himself to the Vietnamese. Osius is gay and… Continue watching
May 19 U.S. could lift arms embargo on Vietnam (which wouldn’t please China) By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press President Barack Obama could lift restrictions on arms sales when he makes his first visit to Vietnam next week. That would remove a final vestige of wartime animosity but would not please China, which views growing U.S. defense ties in… Continue reading
May 13 China has reclaimed 3,200 acres in South China Sea, Pentagon says By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A new Pentagon report says China has reclaimed more than 3,200 acres of land in the southeastern South China Sea. But the country's focus has shifted to developing and weaponizing those man-made islands. Continue reading
May 03 Watch 5:32 Vietnamese American poet contemplates his personal ties to the war By Anne Azzi Davenport In “Night Sky With Exit Wounds,” poet Ocean Vuong pays tribute to the oral tradition of his family and his personal connection to the Vietnam War. Continue watching
Apr 11 Ocean Vuong on why reading poetry is political By Corinne Segal Ocean Vuong subverts the historical erasure of stories like his: of immigration, of queerness, of the aftermath of war. Continue reading