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Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer Foxconn, a principal supplier of components for the Apple iPhone, announced Tuesday it will purchase a large parcel of land near the Indian tech hub of Bengaluru.

The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index, published on Wednesday, ranked communist North Korea as the world’s worst place to be a journalist, concluding a list whose least prestigious spots are dominated by communist regimes.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters he discussed the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine with leaders of communist Vietnam – one of Russia’s most loyal allies – during meetings with them in Hanoi this weekend.

Vietnamese lawmaker Nguyen Anh Tri on Monday introduced a proposal for a “Law on Gender Identity” to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, the parliamentary body of the Communist country.

The 52nd session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) convened this week — with 70 percent of the membership consisting of autocracies, dictatorships, and other non-democratic nations.

After numerous apologies over four decades, it’s time to let Hanoi Jane Fonda off the hook for Vietnam. 

Marine Corporal Larry Hughes served in Vietnam, but he never said anything about his missing dog tag.

The Supreme Court of the Philippines invalidated a 2005 agreement on Tuesday between the Philippines, Vietnam, and China that would have allowed a Chinese government corporation to explore for oil in Filipino waters, unconstitutionally exploiting the country’s national resources.

A five-year-old boy who was allegedly kidnapped by his foster mother and taken to Vietnam was recently reunited with his birth mother on U.S. soil.

Nikkei Asia on Tuesday reported that Apple will begin producing its MacBook line of laptop computers in Vietnam by mid-2023, a major step toward diversifying the company’s supply chain away from China. 

Bloomberg News on Wednesday quoted a group of Western officials who accused China of creating more artificial islands in the South China Sea, specifically in the disputed Spratly archipelago, in what looks like the first stage of an audacious new land grab.

A Vietnam-era veteran in Fall River, Massachusetts, who has been playing the same lottery numbers for years was shocked when the unthinkable happened.

Vietnam is reportedly stepping up its island reclamation projects in contested South China Sea waters and considering bids for helicopters and drones from U.S. defense manufacturers, signs that Hanoi might be getting serious about pressing its territorial claims against China.

The massive anti-lockdown protests sprawling across China are making the Communist regime next door in Vietnam nervous, as news from China is spreading like wildfire across Vietnamese social media.

The president spoke about veterans and John Kerry during his speech at the climate summit in Egypt.

Identical twin sisters who were separated at birth but reunited after 13 years are now the best of friends. However, it was not always a smooth road.

The Never Forgotten Honor Flight organization takes veterans to Washington, DC, and on mission number 41, one of them had an extra-special experience.

The Chinese technology company Xiaomi announced the delivery of its first made-in-Vietnam phone handsets this week, the South China Morning Post revealed on Thursday, the latest Chinese company to move manufacturing power out of its home country in light of the Communist Party’s seemingly endless Chinese coronavirus lockdowns.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Health issued a regulation in recent days requiring citizens who refuse to receive a Chinese coronavirus booster shot to “write a letter of accountability” if they later contract the disease and spread it to others, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on Tuesday, noting that some observers doubt the edict’s legality.

Leftist commentator Danny Haiphong, who contributes to Chinese state media outlets, touted on Sunday the easy availability of abortions in China and other authoritarian nations, including the psychotic dictatorship of North Korea, as evidence of their superiority over the United States.

India signed a defense pact with Vietnam on Wednesday, pledging to “significantly increase the scope and scale” of their military coordination over the coming decade.

The Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) on Monday expelled Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long and Hanoi Mayor Chu Ngoc Anh, who was also the city’s Party chairman.

China on Wednesday hailed its “iron-clad partnership” with Cambodia and broke ground on a joint project to expand the Ream Naval Base.

Two Vietnamese officials were caught on video mocking U.S. President Joe Biden during the weekend summit meeting between the United States and the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Washington, D.C.

The Foreign Ministry of Indonesia issued remarks on Thursday insisting it was not offended that no American government officials greeted President Joko Widodo upon his arrival in Washington on Tuesday.

A Colorado man who set himself on fire outside of the Supreme Court on Earth Day has died from his injuries, police said. 

A veteran was in complete shock when he returned home on Friday and saw people crowded together on his front lawn.

U.S. Indo-Pacific commander Adm. John C. Aquilino told the Associated Press in an interview published on Sunday that China had fully militarized three artificial islands built in the territory of the Philippines as part of “the largest military buildup since World War II.”

Vietnam has banned a new Hollywood film starring Tom Holland over scenes with a map showing Beijing’s claims to the South China Sea.

A man from China was kidnapped by a gang and used as a “blood slave” in Cambodia for nearly half a year before escaping this month.

A Vietnam veteran got to enjoy an incredible ride in a World War II-era aircraft at Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona, over the weekend.

A Vietnamese Catholic priest was stabbed to death this weekend while hearing confessions in a church in the diocese of Kon Tum, Vietnam.

Two U.S. Marine veterans reunited 56 years after one saved another during Operation Starlite, the first major battle of the Vietnam War, per PBS.

The first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six, Richard Marcinko, passed away at the age of 81 on Saturday night.

The Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s Office has demanded a sentence of at least 15 years for alleged people-trafficker Vo Van Hong, who is accused of being connected to the deaths of 39 people in a truck in southern England in 2019.

A 14-year-old girl painted a mural spanning several walls in Marion, Illinois, that pays homage to Marines and first responders.