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Deja vu? Trump accused of economic denial and physical decline
AFP, Published on 14/12/2025
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - An ageing president faces poor poll numbers and suspicions about his health but insists that America is thriving.
Japan, Vietnam agree to advance security cooperation amid China's rise
Kyodo News, Published on 04/12/2025
» KYODO — Japan and Vietnam agreed in high-level talks Thursday to give shape to security cooperation under their strategic partnership, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said, amid China's growing assertiveness in the South and East China seas.
Vietnam flooding submerges homes, kills 41, after relentless rain
AFP, Published on 20/11/2025
» NHA TRANG (VIETNAM) - Rescuers plucked stranded people from the rooftops of submerged homes as widespread flooding inundated central Vietnam, where authorities said on Thursday at least 41 people were killed.
Protesters out in force for anti-Trump 'No Kings' rallies across US
AFP, Published on 19/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - Huge crowds took to the streets Saturday in all 50 US states to vent their anger over President Donald Trump's hardline policies at "No Kings" protests that Republicans ridiculed as "Hate America" rallies.
French colonial legacy fades as Vietnam fetes independence
AFP, Published on 02/09/2025
» HANOI - Crispy banh mi baguettes, grand colonial facades and chattering Francophone schoolchildren are lingering reminders of the French presence that once dominated Vietnam.
Trump, EU chief to meet Sunday in push for trade deal
AFP, Published on 26/07/2025
» BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump said Friday they would meet in Scotland this weekend in a decisive push to resolve a months-long transatlantic trade standoff.
'Took a few seconds': survivors recount how sudden storm drowned dozens in Vietnam
Reuters, Published on 21/07/2025
» HA LONG - The thunderstorm came so suddenly that it overturned the boat within seconds, said two survivors of the shipwreck which killed at least 35 people in Vietnam's top tourist spot of Ha Long Bay and left another four missing.
Grand Vietnam parade 50 years after the fall of Saigon
AFP, Published on 30/04/2025
» HO CHI MINH CITY - Vietnam is set to hold its biggest celebration of the fall of Saigon on its 50th anniversary Wednesday, including Chinese troops for the first time after Xi Jinping visited to portray Beijing as a more reliable partner than Washington.
Vietnam pulls dolls over South China Sea map
AFP, Published on 19/03/2025
» HANOI - Seething international tensions over the South China Sea have struck an unlikely victim in Vietnam: popular children’s dolls pulled from shops over a facial mark supposedly resembling Beijing’s claims in the flashpoint waterway.
Russian forces push deeper into northern Ukraine
New York Times, Published on 13/05/2024
» KHARKIV, Ukraine - In the past three days, Russian troops, backed by fighter jets, artillery and lethal drones, have poured across Ukraine’s northeastern border and seized at least nine villages and settlements, and more territory per day than at almost any other point in the war, save the very beginning.