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YNN Rochester - Sat Nov 21, 1:49 pm ET
The Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 20 is concerned that many veterans from all wars don't know what health benefits are available to them.
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The Huffington Post - Fri Nov 20, 12:58 pm ET
What's Your Reaction? A Vietnamese blog posted this picture of a package of 'Google' brand "bathroom paper." Very long, soft, smooth. Of high vacuum, because you always!
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New America Media - Thu Nov 19, 3:05 am ET
When the USS Lassen made its official port call to Da Nang, Vietnam last week, it marked the first time a Vietnamese-American U.S. warship commander had returned to the Vietnamese shore.
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OfficialWire - Thu Nov 19, 11:26 am ET
The latest update on the telecommunications market in Vietnam contains new data for the period ending August 2009. Based on the new data, we have been able to assess how the country's mobile fixed-line telephony and internet access markets have been developing over the past few months.
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22 WSBT South Bend - Wed Nov 18, 11:43 pm ET
NOTRE DAME — It's been 40 years since a protest movement at Notre Dame helped change the face of the Vietnam War. Wednesday, some of the protesters who later became known as the "Notre Dame 10" were back on campus to mark a solemn anniversary.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 17, 11:29 pm ET
Four men were instantly killed when a bomb left over from the Vietnam War blew up as they were trying to open it to remove explosive material, police said Wednesday.
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The Virginia Gazette - Sat Nov 21, 1:51 pm ET
Seldom has the adage, “better late than never” held as true as it did when retired Army Brig. Gen. John W. Nicholson was awarded the Silver Star for bravery during the Vietnam War.
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FOX 11 Tucson - Thu Nov 19, 6:20 pm ET
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — While AIDS and malaria get most of the headlines, global health organizations are trying to raise awareness that diseases such as pneumonia and diarrhea have proven more deadly among the world's poorest children.
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CommonDreams.org - Fri Nov 20, 1:16 pm ET
by Evelyn Theiss Forty years ago today, black-and-white photographs of slaughtered women, children and old men in a Vietnamese village shocked the world -- or that portion of the world willing to believe American soldiers could gun down unarmed peasants and leave them to die in streets and ditches. The Plain Dealer, in an international exclusive, was the first news outlet to publish the images ...
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 17, 6:58 am ET
Hanoi - The governor of Vietnam's Central Bank acknowledged Tuesday that the country's foreign debt had risen dramatically this year. Addressing the country's National Assembly, Central Bank Governor Nguyen Van Giau did not specify the country's tota...
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Delano Eagle - Thu Nov 19, 2:36 am ET
Vietnam veterans might still be fighting the war today without knowing it, thanks to the lingering effects of an herbicide used in the war called Agent Orange.
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The Vermont Cynic - Sat Nov 21, 11:49 am ET
“If I were mayor, would I ask someone from the KKK to address a NAACP event?” – Vietnam veteran and Burlington resident Tom Dion...
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Highland Community News - Sat Nov 21, 11:47 am ET
Veterans who live in San Bernardino County and missed graduating from high school because of their military service in World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War, may be eligible to receive their high school diploma.
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The Port Lavaca Wave - Sat Nov 21, 10:47 am ET
The names of forty-seven fallen soldiers are etched on the outside wall of the Calhoun County Courthouse. One lost his life in World War I. Thirty-six perished in World War II. One young man was lost in Korea. Nine were taken in Vietnam.
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The Online NewsHour - Wed Nov 18, 3:28 pm ET
As the Obama administration grapples with the question of whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, a number of historians have spoken about the similarities between the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan.