He’s got one hell of a step count. Luke Deakin, an adventurous Brit with a backpack and a dream, is walking from his home in the United Kingdom to Southeast Asia, a journey of more than 8,000 miles — and he’s just revealed his exact route. The globetrotting trekker has been vlogging the wild journey on … Read more
Nothing was too much for Tu Lam. In the late 1970s, Tu struggled as a Vietnamese refugee living outside Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, NC. In school he was bullied for wearing tattered clothing that smelled “like fish.” Teachers assigned him to the back of the classroom and bus drivers to the back of the bus. … Read more
A Vietnamese man had a live eel surgically removed from his abdomen — and doctors believe it slid up his anus. The stomach-turning discovery was made when an unidentified man, 34, went to the Hai Ha District Medical Center in Quang Ninh Province with severe abdominal pain on Wednesday, according to a local report. Doctors … Read more
A strange sight out of a plane window on an evening flight from Vietnam to Australia has baffled social media users. Hundreds of tiny orange and yellow squares can be seen lit up in the darkness below the aircraft in a video viewed more than 14 million times since being uploaded to TikTok earlier in … Read more
“Gooooood morning, Vietnam!” The memorable greeting, immortalized by Robin Williams in the 1987 film of the same name, wasn’t a creation of Hollywood. It was inspired by the true story of DJ and Air Force Sgt. Adrian Cronauer, who hosted a morning radio show on the American Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN) in Saigon during the … Read more
This Vietnamese student was expecting sandy beaches, not cornfields. All Valerie Do wanted was to lounge on the beach in between classes, but instead she got the Midwest’s best: Corn. When Do, who hails from Vietnam, applied to Miami University, she wasn’t even aware the state of Ohio existed, let alone that the school wasn’t … Read more
“I had no illusions about my military role in the Special Forces,” writes Captain Lanny Hunter in “Exit Wounds: A Vietnam Elegy” (Blackstone). “I was not a two-fisted, grenade-heaving, knife-fighting, tunnel-blasting, cliff-rappelling, bush-busting, snake-eating, steely-eyed warrior. “I was supposed to be able to keep up. I was supposed to be where they needed me and provide first-line … Read more
The highly-anticipated “Barbie” movie has been the subject of many popular trends around the world — but Vietnam’s decision to ban the movie has been making headlines Now Warner Bros. is attempting to clarify its intention. The film, directed by Greta Gerwig, was set to hit theaters in the country on July 21, aligning with its … Read more
Come on Barbie, let’s go Communist party? Senator Ted Cruz unleashed boxed-up anger at the upcoming “Barbie” movie for including what his office called Chinese communist propaganda in the anticipated summer blockbuster, out July 21. The Margot Robbie-starring film came under fire for its pro-China, on-screen representation of islands in the South China Sea that … Read more
Warner Bros.’ highly-anticipated “Barbie” movie has been banned in Vietnam. The film, directed by Greta Gerwig, was set to hit theaters in the country on July 21, aligning with the cinematic release in most countries around the world. However, state media announced the movie will not be released due to a scene that includes a … Read more
It was — and still is — the biggest banquet in White House history. In a tent on the South Lawn on May 24 in 1973, 1,600 people gathered to honor 591 prisoners of war who had finally been released from Vietnam. On Wednesday dozens of the survivors of the 591 will be honored again … Read more
In April 1975, the Vietnam War was as good as over, and the communists had won. The American military was gone, save for a tiny contingent of 50 Marines, with the South Vietnam capital of Saigon surrounded by both encroaching Viet Cong rebels and the North Vietnamese Army. The South Vietnamese in Saigon who had … Read more
By Le Phuong  October 4, 2022 | 05:57 am PT A blister is seen on the hand of a woman infected with monkeypox in HCMC. Photo courtesy of the HCMC Hospital for Tropical Diseases Vietnam’s first monkeypox patient has tested negative for the virus after 12 days of treatment, director of the HCMC Hospital for … Read more
Peter Farrelly’s disappointing follow-up to Green Book suggests that he has found his formula – blue-collar bigot goes on a journey, has his eyes opened and his preconceptions challenged – and he’s sticking to it. Here, the central character is Chickie (Zac Efron), of beer-swilling Irish-American stock. A sailor by trade but a wastrel by … Read more