Google challenger in Vietnam redirecting queries
A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google's dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the ...
Vietnam provider drops foreign news TV channels
A Vietnamese satellite TV company stopped airing international channels including BBC and CNN on Thursday, citing a law that foreign governments have ...

Russians attempt to topple Google in Vietnam
Vietnam's booming Internet scene is littered with failed startups that tried to take on Google and other entrenched U.S web companies. That's not ...

40 years on, fleeing Vietnamese take to seas again
Nearly 40 years after hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese fled the country's Communist regime by boat, a growing number are taking to the water again.
Vietnam police seize 53 king cobras from car
Vietnamese police say they have seized 53 king cobras from a car in Hanoi and arrested the driver. Officer Dang Van Hanh said Monday the live snakes ...

After 40 years, Vietnam memories are still strong
The last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago Friday, and the date holds great meaning for many who fought the war, protested it or otherwise ...

40 years on, Vietnam troop withdrawal remembered
Forty years ago, soldiers returning from Vietnam were advised to change into civilian clothes on their flights home because of fears they would be ...
US: Vietnam backsliding on human rights
The Obama administration expressed concern Thursday about Vietnam's "backsliding" on human rights and asserted that advancing individual freedoms is ...

Amid tensions, Chinese fruit a turnoff in Vietnam
Jack Nguyen had sold 20 of his 30 containers of imported American grapes when fresh rumors hit the Internet and state-run media: Chinese fruit on sale ...

Brennan at CIA fills 3rd key national security job
John Brennan took over Friday as director of the CIA, the finishing touch on President Barack Obama's national security team for his second term.

After filibuster, Senate confirms Brennan for CIA
The Senate confirmed John Brennan to be CIA director Thursday after the Obama administration bowed to demands from Republicans blocking the nomination ...

US senator hopeful Vietnam adoptions to restart
Vietnam and the United States are close to an agreement allowing Americans to adopt Vietnamese children again, five years after a ban was imposed amid ...

Vietnam deports US activist held for 9 months
A Vietnamese-American accused of conspiring to overthrow Vietnam's communist government smiled broadly as he reunited with his family after he was ...

In Vietnam, rage growing over loss of land rights
Faced with a group of farmers refusing to give up their land for a housing project, the Communist Party officials negotiating the deal devised a ...

Starbucks enters entrenched Vietnam coffee market
Nghiem Ngoc Thuy has been slinging coffees to thirsty Vietnamese for 20 years in her colonial-style villa with peeling shutters, and she and her ...
Vietnam police arrest well-known dissident lawyer
Vietnamese police have detained a well-known dissident lawyer, escalating a crackdown on those who speak out against the country's one-party, ...

Meeting delay a sign of cooling US-Vietnam ties
The U.S. and Vietnam, former enemies who share concerns about China's rise, are finding that one issue — human rights — is keeping them from becoming ...

Beijing's S. China Sea rivals protest passport map
China has enraged several neighbors with a few dashes on a map, printed in its newly revised passports that show it staking its claim on the entire ...
Philippines, Vietnam protest map in China passport
A map that China has incorporated into its passports has drawn diplomatic fury because it appears to claim the entire South China Sea, ignoring ...