6 h. ago Asian American veterans share emotional stories 50 years after Vietnam War

Five decades after the end of the U.S.-led war in Vietnam, Asian American and Pacific Islander veterans are reflecting on the life-changing ordeal that was at time made more complicated by their race

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19 h. ago 50 years after the war ended, Vietnam is still grappling with the legacy of Agent Orange

The chemical ghost of the herbicide used by US forces still haunts generations

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33 h. ago The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, but the battle with Agent Orange continues

The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago but the disaster unleashed by American use of Agent Orange continues unabated

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54 h. ago The Vietnam War produced classic Hollywood films — and hardly any classic female roles

The Vietnam War produced some of the most classic films of the late 1970s and 1980s

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3 d. ago The end of the Vietnam War was also a turning point for protest songs

The departure in 1975 of the last Americans from Vietnam didn't only end a tragic chapter in the history of the two countries

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2 w. ago Why tourists are flocking to Vietnam’s battlefields, 50 years on from the war

Places where countless lives were lost have become poignant pilgrimage sites

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2 w. ago Xi warns ‘no winners’ from Trump trade war as he heads to Vietnam

Chinese leader seeks to strengthen ties with export-dependent economies facing high US levies

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2 w. ago Xi Jinping seeks to strengthen economic ties during tour of south

President’s first stop is Vietnam as China urges US to end trade war and return to ‘right path of mutual respect’The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, will visit Vietnam on Monday as he begins a tour of south-east Asia where he will seek to strengthen ties with neighbouring countries amid an escalating trade war.Xi will visit Vietnam from Monday, before travelling to Malaysia and Cambodia, a high profile tour that Chinese officials have described as being of “major importance”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 50 years later, Vietnam's battlefields draw retrospective veterans and other tourists

Hamburger Hill, Hue, the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh: Some remember the Vietnam War battles from the headlines of the 1960s and 1970s, others from movies and history books

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Science Fiction In The Atomic Age on Sky Arts: The sci

Vietnam war veteran Joe Haldeman is a human time machine. Now 81 and probably the world's greatest living sci-fi author, he has an unequalled record of predicting the future.

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