In August, the family of United States Air Force Sergeant David S Price finally buried his remains after more than 50 years of waiting. The 26-year-old was stationed at a top-secret CIA base – Lima Site 85 – on a mountaintop in northeast Laos when it was overrun by Lao…
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has called for more urgency in negotiations on a code of conduct for the disputed South China Sea, as he accused China of “harassment and intimidation” in the waterway. Marcos Jr told leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Chinese Premier Li…
UN’s children’s agency says there’s an urgent need for access to clean water, sanitation as Red Cross mobilises relief. Massive floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Yagi have left nearly six million children across Southeast Asia struggling to access clean water, food, and shelter, according to the United Nations children’s…
Vietnam government estimates 179 killed and 145 missing as water level in the Red River in the capital reaches a 20-year-high. Thousands of people have been evacuated from Vietnam’s capital Hanoi as the Red River’s waters rose to a 20-year high, flooding streets days after Typhoon Yagi battered the country’s…
Fifty-four people are still missing, authorities say, as the typhoon threatens to bring destruction to the capital Hanoi. Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes as floods inundated northern Vietnam in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, while the death toll from Asia’s worst storm this…
Meeting between leaders of China, Vietnam signals close ties between neighbouring states despite occasional tensions. China’s President Xi Jinping has held talks with Vietnam’s President To Lam in Beijing on his first state visit since becoming his country’s top leader, according to Chinese official media Xinhua. The meeting between Xi…
Lam pledges to maintain predecessor’s anti-corruption campaign as he takes nation’s top job – but it is unclear whether he will also remain president. Vietnamese President To Lam has been formally named as the new chief of the Communist Party, the country’s top position, two weeks after the death of…
President Vladimir Putin said that Russia might supply weapons to North Korea in what he suggested would be a mirror response to the Western arming of Ukraine. Putin was speaking to reporters in Vietnam on Thursday, a day after visiting nuclear-armed North Korea and signing a mutual defence agreement with…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday held talks with Vietnam’s leaders, hours after flying into Hanoi for a visit to an old ally that has positioned itself as an increasingly influential geopolitical player, wooed by most major nations. Putin flew to Vietnam from North Korea, where he met that country’s…
Filmmaker Raoul Peck and author Viet Thanh Nguyen discuss their road to making art that’s political and subversive. Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck highlights the roots of violence and inequality today. He is best known for his Oscar-nominated documentary – I Am Not Your Negro about civil rights icon James Baldwin…
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