Mar 24 Two superpowers collide in the Pacific By Michael D. Mosettig At the center of debate and strategic discussions across Asia is the question of whether the region can accommodate two superpowers -- China and the United States. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 8:06 Flying eye hospital delivers new outlooks to patients around the world By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch 3:09 Defense Secretary Carter in Vietnam warns China again over South China Sea expansion By PBS News Hour During a visit to Vietnam, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter spoke out about tensions in the South China Sea, where the Chinese have been rapidly building reefs into human-made islands. President Obama said China shouldn’t be “throwing elbows” over its claim. Continue watching
May 26 Watch 8:10 When the world started to see Vietnam’s contemporary art By PBS News Hour Suzanne Lecht moved to Hanoi after she read about a group of Vietnamese modern artists, making it her mission to find and help them emerge from the shadows of censorship and the American embargo. Since then she has opened a… Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch 9:27 Reliving the fall of Saigon with Vietnam vets and journalists By PBS News Hour As Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, marks the 40th anniversary of the end of the war, a group of journalists and former Marines revisit the country to remember one of the most significant chapters of their lives. Continue watching
Apr 29 The last men who fought in the Vietnam War remember the fall of Saigon By Mike Fritz, Pat Clark By April 29, 1975, the fall of Saigon was imminent and only a few dozen U.S. troops remained – down from more than half a million in 1969. Continue reading
Mar 17 Can countries survive their move to the middle class? By Larisa Epatko HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam has pulled itself up economically over the decades. One of the consequences? Diminishing donor funds. Continue reading
Mar 17 What it’s like to be a midwife in one of the most remote parts of Vietnam By Larisa Epatko DIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam — Quang Thi Un, 29, said she didn’t give much thought to becoming a midwife or really any line of work until her brother, a teacher, sent her to a new midwifery training program in Vietnam. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch 7:52 50 years on, veterans find healing by returning to Vietnam to help By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 19 Happy Lunar New Year! But is it the Year of the Sheep or Goat? By Larisa Epatko Millions of Asians are traveling home to celebrate the weeks-long Lunar New Year, but are they ringing in the Year of the Sheep or the Goat?… Continue reading