Patrick Leahy: War legacies and the expanding US-Vietnam partnership
When I became a senator for Vermont in 1975, one of the first votes I cast was for a law to stop funding the war in Vietnam. That law passed by one ...
Motorbike ban cannot absolve Hanoi of infrastructure failure
After the city failed to execute a grand expansion plan initiated a decade ago, a motorbike ban would engender a ...
Heritage equivalence: A cattle barn and a theater
Those planning to give Da Lat a facelift by pulling down key historic buildings should do some ...
April 11, 2019 | 02:13 pm GMT+7
We’re dying because we breathe, and solutions are up in the air
As long as the government does nothing to amend existing environmental standards, more lives will ...
April 07, 2019 | 03:32 pm GMT+7
After 16 years of living with an autistic child, I am grateful
Life’s hard for autistic people, and much harder for their families. Yet, amidst all this ...
April 02, 2019 | 04:41 pm GMT+7
Vietnamese law seems to have a defining problem
Obscure and even non-existent legal definitions are failing to protect the rights of people who ...
April 01, 2019 | 08:29 am GMT+7
Vietnamese farmers are not clueless, but their game is rigged
Farmers are at the receiving end of asymmetric information in an imperfect market, and this needs ...
March 22, 2019 | 04:50 pm GMT+7
Why Vietnamese students are easy prey
The system invests too much power in teachers, inhibiting communication and adding to the ...
March 15, 2019 | 12:06 pm GMT+7
For its own good, Vietnam should stick to agriculture
Vietnam has always been an agricultural country; and after all the brouhaha about ...
March 12, 2019 | 07:56 am GMT+7
It’s time for Vietnam to get rid of addiction to thermal power
Its risk of becoming a "golden dragon that is surrounded by coal ash" is real.
March 05, 2019 | 02:55 pm GMT+7
North Korea can learn from Vietnam’s achievements and its mistakes
Equitable growth, competition and incentives, on the one hand; early environmental protection and ...
February 28, 2019 | 04:09 pm GMT+7
Vietnam’s development path a good roadmap for North Korea
Vietnam’s reforms and international integration offer valuable insights for North Korea.
February 28, 2019 | 09:16 am GMT+7
Vietnam takeaway for North Korea: how to take calculated risks
As hosts of the second Trump-Kim summit, Vietnam has a hugely important role to play.
February 27, 2019 | 02:17 pm GMT+7
Vietnam opened to the world, and has gained its trust
The decision was not easy, but the open-door policy Vietnam adopted has been a tremendous force for ...
February 26, 2019 | 11:03 pm GMT+7
1994-2019: Vietnam’s development pointers for North Korea
Vietnam then (before 1994) and North Korea today are very different, but there’s one similarity: ...
February 25, 2019 | 02:39 pm GMT+7
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Dozens of students expelled, drop out as 2018 exam scandal fallout
First year university students are being expelled or dropping out on their own as investigations ... -
Vietnam cries foul as Monsanto victims get huge compensation in US
‘Where’s the justice for Vietnamese victims being destroyed every day by (Monsanto’s) toxic ...
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Local supermarkets use banana leaves as packing material
A number of supermarkets are experimenting with packing fruits and vegetables in banana leaves as ... -
85-year-old man spends 40 years protecting storks
Pham Van Cua has spent 40 years protecting thousands of storks that he considered as his own ...
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?Vietnamese award-winning livestream startup raises $1.5 mln
In a major deal for a tech startup in the country, Vietnam’s Uiza.io raised $1.5 million from a ... -
Flights get expensive in national holiday travel rush
Many flights and train tickets to tourist destinations have either been fully booked, and prices ...
