Dongguan City is the the shoe capital of the world: more footwear is made there than anywhere else on the globe. From 2001 to 2007, the value of footwear exports from its province of Guangdong doubled from $4.3 billion to $9.2 billion, according to China's state-run news agency. But in the past year, hundreds of factories have left town, driven out by the rapidly rising cost of doing business in China.
Flash floods and landslides triggered by a weekend tropical storm have killed at least 100 people in Vietnam, the country's news agency said Monday.
In an interview with TIME, Vietnam's PM Nguyen Tan Dung talks about soaring consumer prices, corruption and his nation's growing U.S. ties
They've been through dark days to discover the psychic wounds of war. Now they are using that hard-won wisdom to help a new generation of veterans
Still being hailed as the next Asian miracle as recently as last year, Vietnam's economy has fallen on hard times
The jailing of two reporters for "abuse of power" is a blow to press freedom in Vietnam
China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are among 11 countries that practice religious oppression, a federal commission says.
Julius Derico Jr. didn't need to travel to the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington to pay tribute to his fallen comrade -- the first casualty of his unit in Vietnam.
The detention of four overseas Vietnamese pro-democracy activists -- including two U.S. citizens -- highlights a changing campaign against the Communist government
Dalat Nuclear Research Institute stands on a mountaintop in Vietnam's southern highlands. The nuclear reactor is not what most Vietnamese think of when they think of Dalat. The town, nestled in pine woods, is Vietnam's favorite honeymoon spot.
Dongguan City is the the shoe capital of the world: more footwear is made there than anywhere else on the globe. From 2001 to 2007, the value of footwear exports from its province of Guangdong doubled from $4.3 billion to $9.2 billion, according to China's state-run news agency. But in the past year, hundreds of factories have left town, driven out by the rapidly rising cost of doing business in China.
Flash floods and landslides triggered by a weekend tropical storm have killed at least 100 people in Vietnam, the country's news agency said Monday.
In an interview with TIME, Vietnam's PM Nguyen Tan Dung talks about soaring consumer prices, corruption and his nation's growing U.S. ties
They've been through dark days to discover the psychic wounds of war. Now they are using that hard-won wisdom to help a new generation of veterans
Still being hailed as the next Asian miracle as recently as last year, Vietnam's economy has fallen on hard times
The jailing of two reporters for "abuse of power" is a blow to press freedom in Vietnam
China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are among 11 countries that practice religious oppression, a federal commission says.
Julius Derico Jr. didn't need to travel to the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington to pay tribute to his fallen comrade -- the first casualty of his unit in Vietnam.
The detention of four overseas Vietnamese pro-democracy activists -- including two U.S. citizens -- highlights a changing campaign against the Communist government
Dalat Nuclear Research Institute stands on a mountaintop in Vietnam's southern highlands. The nuclear reactor is not what most Vietnamese think of when they think of Dalat. The town, nestled in pine woods, is Vietnam's favorite honeymoon spot.
U.S.-based private investment banking firm EurOrient plans to invest $1 billion a year in Vietnam in the coming years, state media reported Tuesday, citing a company official.
The director of Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July is making his fourth movie about the Vietnam War. But this one, he tells TIME, is just as much about Iraq
President Bush drew parallels between the aftermath of the Vietnam War and the potential costs of pulling out of Iraq in a speech Wednesday.
President Bush on Wednesday told a convention of veterans that America's experience in Vietnam should be a lesson to those who want U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq. Some military analysts question that contention, including a retired general who served in Vietnam.
Two wars, a generation apart; two wars in which the early promise of success faded; two wars that dealt political wounds to the men in charge, and a far heavier toll on those who did what the leaders asked.
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.
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...
The World Trade Organization Tuesday cleared the way for Vietnam to become its 150th member - a move that boosts its trading access with other countries but doesn't yet allow U.S. businesses to freely set up shop in the Southeast Asian nation.
One reason despair is not an option is because things can always get worse, and then what'll we do? I was actually trying to figure that out when I came across a remarkable article written for the The Nation magazine (known for its liberalism for 141 years) by Richard J. Whalen -- a conservative in good standing, a former Nixon staffer. Whalen has undertaken the singularly valuable task of talking to dissenting generals about the war in Iraq.
Call it the Vietnam clothes conflict.
In a classic David versus Goliath scenario, retail underdog Vietnam has overtaken the Asian behemoth China to become the world's third most-attractive marketplace for U.S. retailers looking to expand overseas, according to consulting firm A.T. Kearney.
Three decades after the end of the Vietnam war, corks are popping in Ho Chi Minh City. The reason might make the man for whom this town was named spin in his grave: Vietnam's stock market is the se...
HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- Vietnam's state-run Vietcombank plans to list in Hong Kong or Singapore in the country's first overseas listing, people familiar with the situation said Thursday.
Eight meat processing workers came forward Wednesday to claim the $365 million Powerball jackpot, the largest lottery prize in U.S. history.
As a presidential candidate, George W. Bush urged a modest foreign policy, not nation-building. But that changed once he took office.
In 1968 Walter Cronkite returned from Vietnam and told Americans that, in his opinion, the Vietnam war had become a stalemate. That was a turning point.
About 50,000 newly released pages of documents from the Nixon administration primarily address the war in Vietnam but also deal with topics including the Supreme Court nomination of William Rehnquist, the pardon of union leader Jimmy Hoffa and efforts by Ross Perot to help prisoners in Vietnam.
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.
It has been 30 years since the Vietnam War ended and now this country in Southeast Asia is one of the world's fastest growing economies.
Vietnam's death toll from bird flu has risen to 39 with another death this week, state-run media reported on Thursday.
U.S. President George W. Bush said Tuesday he has accepted an invitation to visit Vietnam, where he will attend next year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
A generation ago there was war. A decade ago the two former enemies established diplomatic relations.
Visitors crowded around a work crew at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Friday as a new name was inscribed on the black granite wall.
Funerals came nearly four decades late for four U.S. servicemen, three of whom who were laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday.
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.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai will arrive in Australia Thursday for a three-day visit to Canberra, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
Small-scale farmers across Asia will need to modify their animal husbandry practices if a bird-flu pandemic is to be avoided, world health experts have been told.
The world is coming close to a deadly pandemic, a top health expert has said at the opening of a bird flu conference in Vietnam.
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.
United Airlines is launching flights from the United States to Vietnam -- marking the first commercial service between the two countries since the end of the Vietnam War.
United Airlines is set to make history Thursday by becoming the first U.S. air carrier to offer daily service to Vietnam since the Vietnam War ended nearly 30 years ago.
There was no official announcement, no press release. But make no mistake about it. As demonstrated daily in the language used by those who wage and those who analyze this uninspiring presidential campaign, the historic meaning of the word "patriotism" has been totally rewritten.
Following is the text of a letter to Sen. John Kerry signed by a number of pro-Bush Vietnam veterans, including several GOP congressmen.
A veterans group that has been sharply critical of Sen. John Kerry launched an ad Thursday that accuses the Democratic presidential nominee of lying about his Vietnam war record.
"What did you do during the war, daddy?"
The publication of an old photo of Jane Fonda and John Kerry at an anti-Vietnam War rally is raising questions about the antiwar activities of the Democratic presidential front-runner.
United Nations health experts have issued stern warnings about bird flu as the human death toll in Asia rises to 18.
Health experts are gathering for an emergency meeting in Rome as deaths from the disease mount in Asia and fears rise the illness may have reached Europe.
The World Health Organization has confirmed two Vietnamese women recently died from bird flu, and say they may have caught the illness from their brother.
A mass slaughter of infected chickens and ducks is the only way of controlling the deadly bird flu sweeping across Asia, the World Health Organization has warned, as the human toll from the outbreak rises.
A mass slaughter of infected chickens and ducks is the only way of controlling the deadly bird flu sweeping across Asia, the World Health Organization has warned, as the human toll from the outbreak rises.
Vietnam has confirmed another human death from bird flu and two new cases of the virus that has stricken or killed millions of chickens in Asia and sparked fears of an epidemic worse than SARS.
Five people are being tested to see if they have bird flu, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told reporters, according to Reuters.
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.
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...
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Last year's February lifting of the 19-year trade embargo has opened the door a tad for Vietnamese imports. The latest: "33" Export beer (Ba M'Ba, in Vietnamese). That's the same brew GIs once dran...
What if every one of Vietnam's 72 million people bought a pair of shoes? That's today's version of a question that used to be asked about China. No wonder U.S. companies are rushing to do business ...
-- BILL BRADLEY, 50, U.S. Senator (D-New Jersey) on the trial of four Buddhist monks later jailed for organizing political protests in Vietnam: ''It is important that respect for human rights be an...
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...
IN A QUIET SHOWROOM in a fashionable part of Seoul sit two lonely Honda Accords. How can that be? After all, South Korea bars all Japanese car imports in order to keep its $5.9 billion trade defici...
It is Sunday evening, January 27, and your servant sits at the keyboard shrouded in gloom. Whence his blues? Mainly from the extra-heavy subject of this composition, a guaranteed downer. Also from ...
TO MERE taxpaying mortals, the dollars committed to Desert Storm look as awesome as the battle itself. Every time a cruise missile goes off, it's more than $1 million. Scud-busting Patriots cost so...
Here are some of the places that foreign aggressors have annexed. -- Cambodia (pop. seven million): Vietnam invaded in 1979; still supports a puppet regime. -- East Timor (pop. 700,000): Indonesia ...
CARLA HILLS, 56, U.S. Trade Representative: ''I challenge anyone to name a single country that has suffered economically, culturally, or politically because of free trade.''
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...
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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