Richmond Vietnamese Association (Richmond, VA) / Hội Người Việt Richmond VA

Tin Việt Nam / Vietnam News

• Richard Holbrooke and a Certain Idea of America June 15, 2019
  This is an Age of Pessimism. But America can still remake, redeem and rescue.
• Thirty Years After Tiananmen: Someone Always Remembers June 3, 2019
  How people in China keep the memory of the massacre alive despite the government’s efforts to make them forget.
• Thich Nhat Hanh, Preacher of Mindfulness, Has Come Home to Vietnam May 16, 2019
  After half a century abroad, the influential Buddhist teacher, 92, is living in the Hue monastery where he became a novice monk at 16.
• As Swine Fever Roils Asia, Hogs Are Culled and Dinner Plans Change May 14, 2019
  An African swine fever outbreak that had been centered in China is rapidly spreading to neighboring countries, pushing up prices of pork, a staple in many Asian nations.
• Kim Jong-un Shot a Rocket? He Wants to Talk May 5, 2019
  President Trump should deny him the privilege.
• How Much Do You Know About Vietnam? April 29, 2019
  Can you find Vietnam on a map? What else do you know about this Southeast Asian nation with 97 million people.
• Ly Tong, Vietnamese Pilot Who Hijacked Planes to Fight Communism, Dies at 74 April 6, 2019
  A South Vietnam Air Force veteran, Mr. Ly Tong dropped leaflets over Ho Chi Minh City in 1992 and 2000. His actions made him a hero to many Vietnamese refugees.
• Vietnam, Through the Eyes of Artists April 4, 2019
  The war and its human toll had a profound impact on artists addressing the turbulent times. The personal and political meet in a poignant show at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
• Vietnamese Woman Sentenced in Kim Jong-nam Assassination April 1, 2019
  The woman, Doan Thi Huong, 30, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of causing bodily harm, in a killing that many officials believe was set up by North Korean agents.
• Vietnam Embalms a Sacred Turtle, Lenin-Style March 20, 2019
  A turtle called Cu Rua, which many Vietnamese saw as a symbol of the country, has joined the elite club of icons embalmed and put on display by Communist regimes.