Critics say thousands of bears are tortured across Asia so their bile can be used as traditional medicine.
A Boeing 767 plane was forced to land on its belly after a technical failure with the plane's landing gear.
Capt. Tadeusz Wrona still has trouble sleeping. The night after executing a spectacular belly landing in Poland, the veteran pilot tossed and turned until 4 a.m.
Hanoi's embrace of one-time foe the U.S. and growing rancor with Vietnam War-era ally China may appear surprising, but the two nations share a long and complicated history of territorial disputes.
Five years ago, Pham Binh Minh was a 15-year-old spending his nights on the streets of Hanoi, Vietnam's capital.
Michael Brosowski started the Blue Dragon Children's Foundation to help Vietnamese youth get off the streets.
China Tuesday blamed its neighbors for escalating tensions in the South China Sea, one day after the Vietnamese navy held a live-fire drill in disputed waters.
China blames Vietnam for escalating tensions a day after the Vietnamese Navy held a live-fire drill in disputed waters.
Vietnamese authorities are on alert for animal smugglers after four bags of deadly snakes were found on a train from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi, according to local press reports.
CNN Hero Michael Brosowski meets a young girl who was almost sexually trafficked in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Every day, thousands of children are living and working on the streets of Vietnam's cities. Michael Brosowski is trying to give many of them a chance at a brighter future.
At least 12 people died when a tour boat on Vietnam's Ha Long Bay sank early Thursday, an official said.
The United States lodged a "strong protest" with Vietnamese authorities after its diplomat was manhandled by police, the State Department said.
It may be an old menu standby to Vietnamese diners, but it's turned into a smorgasbord of discovery for scientists.
Professor Lee Grismer discusses what he went through to document a new all-female lizard species in Vietnam.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tried to defuse tensions between China and Japan, a strategic U.S. partner, on Saturday, asking the two rival nations to return to negotiations over a group of Pacific islands under dispute.
A summit involving Japan and China was in jeopardy Friday after a Chinese foreign ministry official accused Japanese diplomats of making statements that violated China's sovereignty, according to the Chinese state-run news agency.
Strong turbulence injured 30 people on a Vietnam Airlines flight that landed here Wednesday morning, an airline spokeswoman said.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the United States is pleased that nations in the South China Sea region are "making initial steps" to develop a code of conduct over competing maritime territorial claims.
The first tentative step toward a consistent relationship between the United States' and China's militaries started Monday with a meeting between U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie.
Defense chiefs from Japan and China met in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Monday, the first such meeting since a Chinese boat captain was arrested in disputed waters off the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands, Japan's defense ministry said.
Two of the four people killed in a fireworks explosion in Vietnam were German citizens, the German Foreign Office confirmed Thursday.
A fireworks explosion in Hanoi, Vietnam, killed four people and injured three others Wednesday morning, state media reported.
The U.S. secretary of defense could meet with his Chinese counterpart during meetings in Vietnam next week, the Pentagon's spokesman said Tuesday.
Tropical Storm Conson was downgraded from a typhoon early Saturday, a day after the deadly storm roared into China, along the southern tip of the island of Hainan.
An American friend studying in Vietnam was the first to tell me about her problems accessing Facebook, back in November.
A couple million people will hit Brazil's Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro as the final minutes of 2009 are counted down, ready for a mix of spiritual observances, fireworks and full-tilt partying.
To feel the vibrancy of Ho Chi Minh City, all you have to do is step out onto a bustling city street.
CNN's Dan Rivers talks with a woman who thinks bamboo could be the building material of the future.
Bamboo may prove to be more than the food staple for the giant panda. Considered to be the world's fastest-growing woody plant, it could be a key component in lifting thousands of people in the developing world out of poverty.
Pumps ran nonstop in the Vietnamese capital Wednesday to clear water following the city's worst rainfall in 35 years, in storms that sparked flooding across large sections of the country and left 92 people dead
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani addressed the Republican National Convention on Wednesday. Here is the text of that speech:
Still being hailed as the next Asian miracle as recently as last year, Vietnam's economy has fallen on hard times
An authentic crêperie, a homey Ethiopian place and a down-home soul-food joint are among the city's favorite eateries.
The jailing of two reporters for "abuse of power" is a blow to press freedom in Vietnam
A 7.8 magnitude quake strikes central China, killing thousands and trapping hundreds of students under their school
The Olympic torch relay in Australia ends without drama. Andrew Stevens reports.
More than 20,000 Vietnamese workers have walked off the job at a Taiwanese-owned plant that makes shoes for Nike Inc., demanding higher pay to keep pace with skyrocketing prices
A Vietnamese woman caught cooking a tiger carcass was sentenced to two and a half years in jail, state media reported Thursday.
The detention of four overseas Vietnamese pro-democracy activists -- including two U.S. citizens -- highlights a changing campaign against the Communist government
Forty years after his plane was shot down over North Vietnam and he was taken prisoner, presidential candidate Sen. John McCain's ordeal is included in a 12-minute biographical video.
Sen. John McCain and another former POW, Col. Bud Day, talk about their experiences at a McCain campaign event in Iowa.
Communist Vietnam's prime minister became his country's highest-ranking official to meet a pope on Thursday, an encounter the Vatican called an "important step" towards normalizing diplomatic ties.
Fortune: Made in Vietnamupdated: Mon Dec 11 2006 00:01:00
On a humid afternoon on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, monsoon-season thunderclouds release torrents of rain. Some of the 1,700 workers at the Danu Vina factory, who make Mickey Mouse and other...
Fortune: Vietnam vrooooom...updated: Wed Nov 29 2006 14:35:00
As daylight fades from a musty conference room at the Government Guest House in Hanoi, Ton Nu Thi Ninh, the elegant vice chairwoman of the National Assembly's foreign-affairs committee, leans forwa...
Asia's second-fastest-growing economy is taking its place on the global stage. But Vietnam's leaders say the rough-and-tumble global marketplace has left them a little shell-shocked.
Fortune: Changing courseupdated: Tue Nov 28 2006 11:14:00
Born in Hanoi and raised in Saigon, Lan Tran Cao started cooking for her family of 13 when she was only 12. She took lessons in haute cuisine from French chefs through her teens, then opened two su...
Fortune: VIETNAM VROOOOOM...updated: Tue Nov 21 2006 14:11:00
As daylight fades from a musty conference room at the Government Guest House in Hanoi, Ton Nu Thi Ninh, the elegant vice chairwoman of the National Assembly's foreign-affairs committee, leans forwa...
Chinese crews rescued 97 Vietnamese fishermen in the South China Sea on Saturday, according to state-run Xinhua news agency.
The morning ritual in Ba Dinh Square in Vietnam's capital involves raising the flag and singing the national anthem, communist overtones that are one of the few signs of the country's roots.
Vietnam's death toll from bird flu has risen to 39 with another death this week, state-run media reported on Thursday.
Vietnam will back Australia's bid to be included in a key Asian forum to be held later this year despite Canberra's reluctance to sign a regional non-aggression pact, the Southeast Asian nation's leader told media Thursday.
Thousands of Vietnamese took to the streets of Ho Chi Minh city to celebrate 30 years since the communist victory that ended what is known as the "American War."
North Korea is taking "counter measures" to prevent the spread of bird flu, according to state radio reports broadcast Monday.
The World Health Organization has confirmed a report that a 42-year-old man is suffering from bird flu and is being treated in a hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Officials in Vietnam have confirmed the death of a 47-year-old man from bird flu, bringing the toll to seven in three weeks.
The World Health Organization says it is chasing up reports of another case of "bird flu" infection in a 42-year-old man in Hanoi, Vietnam.
President Bush starts today as a world leader before morphing back into the education president, meeting in New York with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and the King of Prussia.
The World Health Organization has confirmed a fifth person in Vietnam has died after contracting a bird flu that has been wiping out chicken farms throughout Asia.
A fourth death caused by bird flu has been confirmed by the World Health Organization, while Vietnam reported more suspected cases.
Vietnam has reported four more suspected human cases of avian flu, prompting import bans on chickens and increased warnings from the World Health Organization.
Health officials are sounding the alarm over an outbreak of bird flu that has been racing across chicken farms in Asia, and is being blamed for at least three deaths in Vietnam.
Money Magazine: Cabin Feverupdated: Sun Jun 01 2003 00:01:00
SARS is giving fliers another reason to be nervous. Scientists believe a cough or sneeze is enough to pass on the virus. So should you wear a mask on your next flight? "Not unless you're going to o...
Fortune: Happy Birthday, B-52updated: Mon Jan 21 2002 00:01:00
The war in Afghanistan is the most high tech in history. But among all the cutting-edge munitions, you can still find a half-century-old military staple. For five decades, the workhorse of the U.S....
Fortune: The Lobbyist updated: Mon Oct 29 2001 00:01:00
Mid-stay in Hanoi, assuming can avoid death by bicycle. Communism tough on business, tougher still on comfort. In Graham Greene suite (each according to his needs!) at grande dame Metropole and fee...
We were awakened at dawn by the strains of "White Christmas" broadcast over Saigon's Armed Forces Radio station--the signal to evacuate. "This is it," confirmed the U.S. embassy. "Everybody out!" C...
Here comes fightin' John McCain. With his fiery crusade against big money in politics and a series of ads reminding voters of his days in a Hanoi POW cell, he's become the hottest thing on the GOP ...
If 1997's stock market madness, long hours in the office or your responsibilities at home have left you badly in need of a vacation but too exhausted to plan a creative one, we're going to tell you...
Weltanschauung confirmation. Yes, friends, that's what it's all about. What any columnizer remembers and cherishes, and keeps going to bat for, is the stuff that confirms and sustains his own world...
Generation Xers are storming Vietnam. Some see it as the place to make their fortunes, others as a smart career move, still others as something cool to do after college. The one thing these adventu...
HAVING LOST one war in Vietnam, the U.S. is on the verge of losing another. Competitors from other countries are grabbing business opportunities in a land poised for an economic surge -- as Hong Ko...
WHAT of Asia's basket cases -- the countries of the war-wracked region formerly known as Indochina, and repressive Burma, which now calls itself Myanmar? Put your money on Vietnam. Yes, Vietnam. Bu...
WHEN HONG KONG consultant Warren Williams flies on business to Bangkok, as he often does, there is a moment when he can make out the small mountain south of Danang where he and fellow Army Green Be...
Nearly 15 years have passed since the fall of Saigon and the reunification of Vietnam under Hanoi's Communist rule. But U.S. policymakers still see Vietnam as an ''enemy'' and continue to ban U.S. ...
Ravaged by decades of war and Communist misrule, the countries of what was once called Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia) have devolved into one of the world's poorest regions. Now, drawn by t...
NEW DELHI -- A ''romantic conception of socialism'' . . . destroyed Vietnam's economy in the years after the Vietnam war, Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach said Friday. Addressing a crowded news con...
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Colin Leinster lived in Vietnam from 1967 to 1969 as a correspondent for Life magazine. He recently returned and found a country still divided into North and South. The most the tw...
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