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Tin Việt Nam / Vietnam News

• What Vietnam Veterans Think of the New Film About Their War August 8, 2019
  In “Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan,” a filmmaker’s dramatization has earned both praise and pushback from the soldiers who survived the attack 53 years ago.
• Trump’s Trade Quagmire (Wonkish) August 3, 2019
  He just keeps escalating as his strategy fails.
• Your Next iPhone Might Be Made in Vietnam. Thank the Trade War. July 30, 2019
  Samsung already assembles half of its handsets in the country, which got a big lift from U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. Now Apple is homing in.
• Is Huawei a Security Threat? Vietnam Isn’t Taking Any Chances July 18, 2019
  As the world splits along U.S.-China fault lines, telecom companies in Vietnam appear to be quietly avoiding the Chinese tech giant in their 5G plans.
• Not Everyone Wanted a Man on the Moon July 16, 2019
  Protesters in the late ’60s and early ’70s pushed for spending at home on the same multibillion dollar scale as the moon race.
• Tariffs on China Don’t Cover the Costs of Trump’s Trade War July 15, 2019
  The president’s payments to farmers hurt by Chinese retaliation have so far exceeded the revenue from tariffs on imports of Chinese goods.
• 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.