Vietnam

Vietnam Vet Has No Regrets for Spitting in Jane Fonda’s Face
At a book-signing in Kansas City, a man waited in line for 90 minutes to spit tobacco juice in Jane Fonda’s face, and he says he planned it on behalf of his fellow veterans.

Asia: Northern Vietnam
Adventurous travelers will appreciate the unspoiled beauty of northern Vietnam, a region known for its adherence to ancestral traditions.

Vietnam Plans Return to Two-child Law
Faced with a baby boom, Vietnam is planning a crackdown to stop couples having more than two children

Vietnam Plans Return to Two-child Policy to Tackle Population Growth
Government fears baby boom will damage economic growth and strain health and education services

Facts of the Vietnam War-We Learned From That? Or Did We? Who Will You VOTE For?
Who? Do you, VOTE for? Who? Do you, allow to set the stakes and for what victory? If somebody asked you to defend them, would you? And if you would, just how far would that line go?

'Tell Them About Vietnam, John!'
The reaction to the debate from a group of Democrats in largely Republican Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

Facts About Vietnam - Agent Orange - Peripheral Neuropathy - My Soldier Has Been Wounded
Vietnam War Memorial? Vietnam War Statistics? 75,000 were severely disabled. Casualties remembered? Some of them died alone, and some live with peripheral neuropahty, alone, still, in their denied claim of pain due to Agent Orange, White, Blue, Pink and Purple.

Gary Glitter to Be Deported Back to Uk Next Week
Convicted child molester looking to resurrect singing career after release from Vietnamese prison

Gene Genie
Any day now Craig Venter - geneticist, yachtsman and Vietnam veteran - will announce that he has achieved one of the greatest feats in science: the creation of artificial life. He talks to Ed Pilkington.

Tape 'reveals Order' to Shoot Vietnam Protesters
37-year-old recording of Kent State killings found - National Guard always denied order to fire

Tape 'reveals Order' to Shoot Vietnam Protesters
37-year-old recording of Kent State killings found - National Guard always denied order to fire

US Commanders Admit: We Face a Vietnam-style Collapse
Elite officers in Iraq fear low morale, lack of troops and loss of political will.

First Us Officer Since Vietnam Goes on Trial for Speaking Out
Eager recruit turned critic faces military prison after refusing to fight.

Why Vietnam's Best-known Author Has Stayed Silent
Fifteen years after Bao Ninh's admired war novel, he explains his fears about publishing a sequel.

Bush's Visit to the Apec Summit in Vietnam
Bush's visit to the Apec summit in Vietnam is intended to shore up US influence in a region increasingly dominated by China, writes Simon Tisdall.

New Tiger in Town
Vietnam's recent economic performance has been outstanding, writes Mark Tran, but there's more work in store if the country wants to distribute its new wealth fairly.

Vietnam Cracks Down on Net 'subversives'
Vietnam is controlling the use of the internet by encouraging providers and users to spy on each other and turn informant if they suspect politically 'subversive' activity, according to a report today by Amnesty International.

Vietnam Welcomes Land Rover
The Asian country of Vietnam has recently welcomed in its automotive market the luxury brand Land Rover. Famous all over the world, the Land Rover brand is known for its vehicle units that do not only provide performance but luxury and comfort as well.

Where's the Priciest Shop Space? Vietnam
The hundreds of bustling market stalls that make up Ho Chi Minh City's Ben Thanh market couldn't be more different from the sparkling shop fronts of Hollywood's Rodeo Drive or London's Bond Street.

Vietnam Judges Reject Glitter Appeal
The former glam rock star Gary Glitter today lost his appeal against a three-year prison sentence in Vietnam for sexually molesting two girls.

Moving Echo of Vietnam's Tragic Doctor
A young woman's rediscovered war diaries are a publishing sensation 36 years after her death.

Glitter Gets Three Years for 'sick' Sexual Abuse of Vietnamese Girls
A Vietnamese court has imprisoned the former rock star Gary Glitter for three years for sexually abusing two girls aged 10 and 11 in acts the judge described as 'sick' and 'abnormal'.

Glitter Could Face Seven Years in Military Prison, Says Lawyer
· Former rocker insists he is innocent of child abuse · Two-day trial in Vietnam due to start tomorrow

Two Countries, One Booming, One Struggling: Which One Followed the Free-trade Route?
A look at Vietnam and Mexico exposes the myth of market liberalisation.

Vietnam Appeals for Cash to Contain Bird Flu
Vietnamese and Cambodian authorities today sought financial help to fight the spread of bird flu as disaster coordinators from Pacific rim nations met in Australia to plan efforts to stop the disease crossing the region's borders. Vietnam's vice-minister of agriculture, Bui Ba Bong, said...

Vietnam Pm Makes First Visit to Bush
The Vietnamese prime minister yesterday became his country's first communist leader to visit the White House. In the meeting, President George Bush announced that he supported Vietnam's bid to join the World Trade Organisation.

Vietnam Pm Announces Visit to Us
The Vietnamese prime minister, Phan Van Khai, yesterday announced plans to visit the US next month, making him the first leader of the communist country to do so since the end of the Vietnam war 30 years ago.

GIs Return to End 30 Years of Pain for Vietnam's Children of the Dust
Plight of the war babies pricks consciences of ageing veterans.

Vietnam Celebrates 30-year-old Victory Over Us With Cash Machines and Credit Cards
Vietnam looked to the future during a 30th anniversary celebration of its victory over America yesterday, with a parade in which capitalist banks were more prominent than communist tanks.

Thirty Years After the Fall of Saigon, the Celebrations Can Finally Begin
With economy rising, Vietnam is at last enjoying the fruits of peace.

The Vietnam Turnout Was Good As Well
Sami Ramadani: No amount of spin can conceal Iraqis' hostility to US occupation. On September 4 1967 the New York Times published an upbeat story on presidential elections held by the South Vietnamese puppet regime at the height of the Vietnam war.

The Repentant Warrior
An Apache Vietnam veteran struggles to find his footing until he seeks help from a wise elder. From Random Tales (unpublished).

Massacre in Woods Conjures Ghost of War Exiles Betrayed By Us
The killing of six deer hunters brings back memories of Vietnam.

Far Graver Than Vietnam
Most senior US military officers now believe the war on Iraq has turned into a disaster on an unprecedented scale.

Forget Vietnam - It's the Economy, Clinton Tells Kerry
John Kerry, alarmed by a post-convention surge in the opinion polls for President George Bush, relaunched his campaign yesterday after taking the advice of Bill Clinton from his hospital bed. In a 90-minute conversation from hospital, Mr Clinton was reported yesterday to have sketched out...

Why America is Still Fighting the Battles of Mekong Delta
The controversy over John Kerry's Vietnam service masks a deeper argument over political advertising on US television, writes Paul Harris.

Military Documents Challenge Kerry Critic
Reporters looking into the background of the Vietnam veteran who claimed John Kerry lied about a key military engagement have discovered that his own metal citation backs up Mr Kerry's version of events. Larry Thurlow has been a vocal critic of the Democratic presidential candidate, and...

John Gittings @hanoi: Email
A Vietnamese village fit for Lao Zi. We kept ourselves at a distance from the excited group of young men taking a fiery-necked fighting cock out of its wicker cage. Like everyone else in Tho Ha, a village in the Red river delta not far from Hanoi, they were very friendly.

Kerry's Vietnam Comrades Join Forces to Tarnish War Hero Image
John Kerry's campaign fended off new wave of attacks, timed to take the gloss off a new $25m ad campaign touting his heroism as a young navy lieutenant in Vietnam.

Press Review: John Kerry's Vietnam Medals
Michael Hann looks at US media reaction to claims that the Democratic presidential candidate threw away his military decorations.

John Aglionby on the Treatment of the Montagnard Minority in Vietnam
The treatment of the indigenous Montagnard minority in Vietnam has alarmed human rights groups, writes John Aglionby.

Vietnam Pigs 'could Have Bird Flu'
The deadliest strain of the bird flu sweeping across Asia may have spread to Vietnamese pigs, UN scientists said today. A representative of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation said that initial tests in Hanoi had found the H5N1 strain in the pigs' nasal cavities. However, the...

Vietnam Hero Leads Fight to Challenge Bush
On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, Paul Harris reports on John Kerry, the Democrat who trumped Howard Dean.

Agency Struggles To Fight Vietnam Wildlife Trade
Hunting endangered animals is a crime in Vietnam, punishable by up to seven years in jail. But demand for the animals is increasing so much, policing agencies are struggling to enforce the law.

Draft Boards Revive Memories of Vietnam
The Pentagon has begun recruiting for local draft boards, dredging up painful memories of Vietnam era conscription at a time of deepening misgiving about America's occupation of Iraq. In a notice posted on the defence department's Defend America website, Americans over the age of 18 and...

Democrat Big Gun Backs the Vietnam Veteran
Strategist uses senator's heroic past as 2004 election race starts.

WHO: Sars Contained in Vietnam
The Sars outbreak has been contained in Vietnam, the World Health Organisation announced today, but said that in the worst affected country, China, the disease was continuing to spread. In the first positive news to emerge from the crisis, the WHO declared Vietnam the first country to...

Vietnam Vet Kerry Leads Democratic Race
Gore's departure leaves way open for alternative-energy campaigner.

Two Britons Among Vietnam Blaze Dead
Governing Britain has not been easy for Tony Blair since he first arrived as prime minister - the painfully slow progress in public services, the traumatic resignations of key lieutenants, the agonising decisions over Kosovo, the inch-by-inch struggle to achieve an Irish peace process, and the...

At Least 48 Killed in Vietnam Fire
At least 48 people were killed today and more than 100 injured in a fire in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, that tore through a building housing the offices of foreign companies, shops and a disco. Firefighters were still unable to enter the building more than four hours after the fire started...

Peace party in the park
A series of anti-war meetings in LA may represent a nascent peace movement mirroring the Vietnam protests, says Duncan Campbell.

Vietnam to crack down on net access
Vietnam's communist government is proposing severe penalties for internet cafe owners who allow customers to visit anti-government or pornographic websites, officials and state-controlled media said today.

With Talk of Conflict With Iraq, Americans Remember the Human Cost of Vietnam
The first of a series by Guardian writers looking at the mood on the ground.

Dissident fury at Hanoi's funeral barb
Supporters attending the funeral of a former Vietnamese general who had called for radical reform of the Communist party cheered yesterday when his son objected to the critical tone of an official "eulogy".