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Protesters in winter clothing hold signs reading "Hmong Against ICE" during a demonstration on a snowy street.
Immigration
Minnesota’s Hmong community feeling a sense of betrayal amid ICE crackdowns
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Minnesota’s Hmong community feeling betrayed
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A group of Buddhist monks in traditional robes walking along a roadside, followed by a white sheriff's vehicle. A woman in a white coat is kneeling on the grass, paying respects to the monks as they pass by. The sky is clear and blue, indicating a sunny day.
Lifestyle & Belief
Buddhist monks on national Walk for Peace receive flowers, tears and gratitude along a NC highway
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Buddhist monks on national walk for peace
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Vietnamese American memorial sparks intergenerational conversations
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A musical tribute to the ‘boat people’ of Vietnam
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A soldier in camouflage sits atop an armored vehicle driving along a dirt road surrounded by a desolate landscape, with the remains of destroyed buildings in the background.
A shaky ceasefire in Gaza sees little progress for long-term peace
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After battering Philippines, Typhoon Kalmaegi makes landfall in Vietnam
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A woman finds herself through an old Vietnamese superstition
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One woman’s long-delayed journey to her father’s homeland
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Vietnamese band Saigon Soul Revival bringing back pop in Vietnam
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Smuggled tarantulas discovered in Germany
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Kenyans mark one year since deadly anti-tax protests
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Vietnam abolishes death penalty for embezzlement, spying
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Sacred Spaces
The ‘1975’ project helps Vietnamese refugee families open up about their past
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US firm Boston Consulting Group quits Gaza relief initiative
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Vietnam ditches two-child policy
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Vietnamese American memorial planned for Dorchester sparks intergenerational conversations
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Fifty years ago today, a Vietnamese community was born in Arkansas
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Agent Blue: The lesser-known toxin left in Vietnam
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Conflict & Justice
Vietnam celebrates 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon
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Vietnam celebrates 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon
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Author and philanthropist Le Ly Hayslip reflects on 50 years after Vietnam
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Vietnam tackles corruption with death penalty
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Stampede kills dozens in India at world’s largest religious gathering
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Tết celebrations begin in Vietnam with ABBA
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South Korean president declares martial law, but it doesn’t last long
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Vietnam court upholds death penalty for property tycoon
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Typhoon Yagi floods northern Vietnam
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Vietnam storm kills dozens, leaves trail of destruction
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Vietnam’s hard-nosed new leader
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How food can help new mothers after birth
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Vietnam acknowledges arrest of prominent journalist
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musicians onstage
Music
International Guitar Night shows off diverse styles and sounds from across the globe
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is interviewed by Neil Cavuto.
Obituary
Henry Kissinger leaves lasting — and controversial — foreign policy legacy
Working undercover in 1971, former US narcotics agent Michael Levine meets heroin traffickers in Bangkok, Thailand.
Narcs and spies: The drug war’s murky origins in Southeast Asia
Ariya Tok poses with her fellow graduates after they received their certificates at a Cambodian cultural graduation ceremony at Cal State Long Beach.
The World's Global Classroom
Cambodian American graduates: More than victims of genocide
soldiers
50 years ago, Nixon announced the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam
President Joe Biden participates in the US-ASEAN Special Summit to commemorate 45 years of US-ASEAN relations at the State Department in Washington, Friday, May 13, 2022.
Foreign policy
US ‘walks fine line’ at Southeast Asia summit to strengthen ties
Social media posts by Vietnamese influencers are spreading dangerous falsehoods about Ukrainians and lauding Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine
How Vietnamese ‘Putinistas’ are spreading disinformation about Ukrainians
Phương Tâm performs at the Miss Vietnam Beauty Pageant with the Khanh Bang band at the Hung Dao Theatre in Saigon in 1965.
A St. Louis woman discovered her mom’s secret past — as a Vietnamese rock star
President Lyndon B. Johnson, right, talks with Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders in his White House office in Washington, D.C., Jan. 18, 1964.
Conflict & Justice
How the Vietnam War pushed MLK to embrace global justice, not only civil rights at home
In this Oct. 17, 2014, photo, a worker walks at power plant area in Cirebon, Indonesia. 
Energy
Indonesia poised to ease export ban on thermal coal
Former US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius, left, arrives for the opening ceremony of the Communist Party of Vietnam's 12th Congress in Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan. 21, 2016. 
Global Politics
Unlikely comrades: The US’ and Vietnam’s militaries
Portraits of China's former top leaders from left Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and including the current President Xi Jinping are seen at a military camp in Beijing, China
Top of The World
Chinese Communist Party cements Xi Jinping’s rule
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell gestures during a lecture about business management and leadership in Madrid, Spain
Obituary
In the post-Cold War era, Colin Powell became the most ‘popular and influential’ US military leader, biographer says
US Air Force airmen guide evacuees aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan
Top of The World
G-7 agrees on conditions to recognize and work with the Taliban
US Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a roundtable at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore
Global Politics
Southeast Asia allies express concern over US commitment amid Afghanistan crisis
A pickup truck is shown flying the white and black Taliban flag in the distance with two people holding rifles in the nearground.
Top of The World
Thousands desperate to be evacuated from Afghanistan
A woman wearing a hat stands next to a blue bucket
COVID-19
How a Vietnamese community emerged among the most vaccinated in Alabama
African American soldiers lined up in ranks during World War II
Science & Technology
New technology could identify thousands of unknown soldiers who died in World War II
A man is shown carrying a clear umbrella and wearing a face mask while walking with his left hand in his pocket.
COVID-19
Dr. Atul Gawande: Pandemic led to a ‘rethink on what matters’
Several rows of outdoor seating are shown with cars in the distance and a movie project shining bright in the distance.
Arts, Culture & Media
The pop culture that got us through 2020
A man points his finger at a yellow billboard with black writing in Vietnamese and English
Protest
Backlash over anti-racist billboard challenges Houston’s Vietnamese American community
A man is shown laying in a gurney with a medical professional at the head.
Top of The World
Melbourne struggles with second coronavirus spike; Former US Marine sentenced in Russia; UK’s largest pension fund to divest from fossil fuels
A woman is shown wearing a tank top and sitting while receiving an injection from a medical professional.
Top of The World
Moderna, NIH coronavirus vaccine study underway; Vietnam back on high alert over coronavirus; UK blindsides travelers from Spain
A man wearing a suit stands at a State Department podium between two flags
Global Politics
US toughens its stance against Chinese aggression in South China Sea
Four Black American women activists wearing yellow shirts and holding protest signs stand in a field near a fence.
Conflict & Justice
From Louisiana to Taiwan, environmental activists stand up to a major plastics company
A officer lays a poppy wreath
Top of The World
75 years since WWII Victory in Europe; DOJ drops charges against Flynn; LGBT helplines see surge
People wearing protective masks collect fishes on a beach during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Da Nang city, Vietnam, May 6, 2020.
COVID-19
Is Vietnam the coronavirus-fighting champ of the world?