HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Vietnam has revved up its land reclamation efforts in the South China Sea this year, beginning construction on eight previously untouched features in the Spratly Islands.

The fortitude of the world economy is an eye-opener. Tariffs haven’t resulted in the recession widely feared when US President Donald Trump imposed them in April. Some of the most vulnerable nations ...

Vietnam, like most of the world, has faced many shocks in 2025. But they have not curtailed the country’s lofty economic ambitions, which will be tested by how effectively planned reforms are put into ...

On February 13, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing retaliatory import tariffs on foreign countries. Under the directive, the United States would match the import tax levels ...

BANGKOK—The Philippine men’s U-22 football team suffered a heartbreaking 2-0 loss to Vietnam in the semifinals of the 33rd Southeast Asian Games on Monday at Rajamangala Stadium here. Just as extra ...

Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has ...

Alas Pilipinas tries to end its SEA Games 2025 men’s volleyball campaign with a podium finish as it takes on Vietnam in the bronze medal match on December 19 at 4pm. MANILA, Philippines —Amid high ...

BANGKOK – Thailand were runners-up at the SEA Games football competition for the past two editions and on Dec 18, they were determined to claim the gold on home soil against Vietnam. But it was not to ...

[HO CHI MINH CITY] Vietnam has inaugurated its first cluster of power plants fuelled by imported liquefied natural gas (LNG), marking a milestone in the country’s push to secure electricity supplies ...

The Senate on Tuesday voted to extend a program giving Alaska Native veterans of the Vietnam era a chance to receive allotments in Alaska up to 160 acres. The five-year extension is a win for the ...

HANOI: V.League 1 champions Nam Dinh FC can go two points clear at the top of Group B of the Asean Club Championship Shopee Cup on Wednesday (Dec 17) when Mauro Jeroniimo’s side visits Bangkok United ...

Keith Jensen’s service in Vietnam was cut short when he took a piece of shrapnel to his lungs during the so-called St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1970, a two-day firefight in a mountainous jungle ...