VIETNAM MARKS 50 YEARS SINCE LAUNCH OF TET OFFENSIVE

The Vietnam War, known as the American War among Vietnamese, killed an estimated 2.5 million northern fighters and 58,000 American servicemen, along with some three million civilians... READ MORE›

VIETNAM'S EX-PRESIDENT ADMITS FUKUSHIMA DISASTER PLAYED ROLE IN DITCHING FORAY INTO ATOMIC POWER

Vietnam last year abandoned plans to build its first nuclear power plants with Japanese and Russian assistance due to heightened concern over the safety of... READ MORE›

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IN VIETNAM, THE BEST EDUCATION CAN LEAD TO WORSE JOB PROSPECTS

In university, we only received heavy theoretical training and a lot of Ho Chi Minh's ideology with communist party history, the 25-year-old said... READ MORE›

UK ACCUSED OF DOING CHINA'S BIDDING AFTER POLICE RAID HOME OF TIANANMEN SQUARE SURVIVOR OVER PEACEFUL PROTEST

Dr Jiang, traumatised after witnessing seeing Chinese soldiers shoot fellow unarmed protesters at Tiananmen Square in 1989, was re-arrested in 1995 before fleeing China in 2003... READ MORE›

RAW DATA THE WIDENING WORLD OF HAND-PICKED TRUTHS

But presenting people with the best available science doesn't seem to change many minds... READ MORE›

4 CARTOONS THAT SUM UP THE ABSURDITY OF SAUDI ARABIA LEADING A UN HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL

Cartoons taunting Saudi Arabia's membership of the United Nations human rights council have gone viral on social media after the kingdom executed 47 people in one day... READ MORE›

'LADY SOS': THE WOMAN SAVING SYRIAN REFUGEES AT SEA

Muslims and refugees are being scapegoated and alienated as attacks claimed by ISIL rise, Human Rights Watch says... READ MORE›

TRUMP IN ASIA: THEY LOVE HIM IN VIETNAM

Trump is on a five country trip through Asia traveling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines... READ MORE›

LOOMING CRUCIFIXION SPARKS GLOBAL CALLS TO SPARE LIFE OF YOUNG SAUDI ALI MOHAMMED AL-NIMR

Many Western countries, including the United States and Australia, have diplomatic and trading ties with Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›

GOVERNMENT URGED TO REVEAL ITS ROLE IN GETTING SAUDI ARABIA A UN HUMAN RIGHTS ROLE

Exclusive UK Government urged to reveal its role in getting Saudi Arabia onto UN Human Rights Council... READ MORE›

WHAT IS THE WORLD'S MOST VULNERABLE CITY?

Drinking water is also affected because Detroit is particularly vulnerable to water-borne pathogens, and the larvae gruesomely referred to as Chicago Climate Change Maggots ... READ MORE›

U.S. VETERAN FINDS LOST LOVE IN VIETNAM -- AND SHE HAS A SURPRISE FOR HIM

Reischl, 68, came to Vietnam as a 21-year-old Air Force sergeant and was stationed at Tan Son Nhut Air Base outside Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City... READ MORE›

VIETNAM'S DRINKERS ARE GIVING THE WORLD'S TOP BREWERS BEER GOGGLES

About a third of men and two-thirds of women in Vietnam are lifetime alcohol abstainers, according to the World Health Organization... READ MORE›

PALU JOURNAL A CITY TURNS TO FACE INDONESIAS MURDEROUS PAST

Mastura signed a local regulation officially recognizing human rights abuse victims in the city... READ MORE›

THIS RANT COMPARING IDS AND CHINA WAS TOO MUCH FOR EVEN THE QUESTION TIME AUDIENCE

I just wonder how the Conservative government can scrutinise China for their human rights violations when they are being investigated themselves he said... READ MORE›

PUTIN SIGNS LAW ALLOWING RUSSIA TO OVERTURN RULINGS OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS COURTS

MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russia's Constitutional Court to decide whether or not to implement rulings of international human rights courts... READ MORE›

NGUYEN NGOC LUONG TIMES GUIDE IN VIETNAM WAR DIES AT 79

Outside the bureau, Mr. Luong's street smarts safeguarded reporters from the Communist Vietcong and even from rogue South Vietnamese soldiers who mistrusted Western reporters... READ MORE›

WHY IS IT LEFT TO US NGOS TO EXPOSE AUSTRALIAN MINING'S WRONGDOING IN AFRICA?

The economy of Eritrea has experienced considerable growth in recent years, explains the website for Australian mining company Danakali... READ MORE›

TRINH THI NGO BROADCASTER CALLED HANOI HANNAH IN VIETNAM WAR DIES

Trinh Thi Ngo, Broadcaster Called Hanoi Hannah in Vietnam War, Dies... READ MORE›

FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS BACKED BY THE U.S. WHOM YOU NEVER HEARD OF

More than 30 were killed, mostly at the hands of Bahraini security forces, and hundreds more were wounded, according to human rights groups... READ MORE›

EFFORTS TO EASE CONGESTION THREATEN STREET FOOD CULTURE

Returning to Vietnam after years abroad was pure happiness, the Hanoi-based, Vietnamese-American author Nguyen Qui Duc wrote... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA CARRYING OUT 'UNPRECEDENTED WAVE' OF EXECUTIONS

There's a lot of speculation, says Adam Coogle, who monitors Saudi Arabia's use of the death penalty, for Human Rights Watch... READ MORE›

U.S. BLOCKS SOME ANTI-DRUG FUNDS FOR MEXICO OVER HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS

State Department has decided that Mexico failed to reach some human rights goals triggering a cutoff of millions of dollars in aid... READ MORE›

NOT BEING TORTURED ISN'T THE ONLY HUMAN RIGHT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED

A day does not go by without news reports of grave human rights abuses in countries across all regions of the world... READ MORE›

SENIOR UN OFFICIAL CASTIGATES WORLD BANK OVER ITS APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS

For decades, the World Bank has argued that human rights and development are mutually reinforcing... READ MORE›

AI WEIWEI ACCUSES CAMERON OF SACRIFICING BRITAIN'S VALUES BY PURSUING CHINA'S MONEY

Ai Weiwei accuses David Cameron of sacrificing UK's human rights record for Chinese cash... READ MORE›

SECURITY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GUARDING ME AT MY HOME

The White House had requested the meeting as a signal to Vietnam's Communist government that the United States cares about human rights here... READ MORE›

TRUMP VISITS VIETNAM, A TIGER ECONOMY THAT BEATS HIS STOCK RALLY

Start your day with what's moving markets in Asia... READ MORE›

OBAMA ENDS U.S. ARMS EMBARGO ON VIETNAM DURING VISIT TO FORMER ENEMY

HANOI, Vietnam -- President Obama lifted a decades-long American arms embargo on Vietnam Monday and touted a new friendship with the United States' former enemy... READ MORE›

RUSSELL BRAND DESCRIBES ONE-MINUTE'S SILENCE FOR TUNISIA VICTIMS AS 'ABSOLUTE BULL****'

Russell Brand describes one-minute's silence for Tunisia victims as 'absolute bull '... READ MORE›

UNITED AIRLINES CEO CALLS PASSENGER REMOVAL 'TRULY HORRIFIC' AS BACKLASH GROWS

The incident risks a backlash against United from passengers who could boycott the airline as the busy summer travel season is about to begin... READ MORE›

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