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• Dozens More Cambodian Immigrants to Be Deported From U.S., Officials Say December 12, 2018
  A new group of more than 40 deportees, many of them the children of refugees, will be the largest yet to be ejected by the Trump administration.
• Victims of War, and Now Victims of the Trump Administration December 3, 2018
  The U.S. has deported Vietnamese refugees in violation of a 2008 agreement. Now it is indefinitely detaining many others.
• Music Festivals Are Gaining Popularity in Asia. Just Not With Officials. November 27, 2018
  Conservative governments have been canceling Western-inspired events, which they see as threats to public safety, political stability or social and religious values.
• The World Needs to Quit Coal. Why Is It So Hard? November 24, 2018
  Coal, the most polluting of energy sources, shows no sign of disappearing three years after the Paris agreement, when world leaders promised decisive action against global warming.
• Trump Administration Quietly Backs Off on Deporting Vietnamese Immigrants November 22, 2018
  The White House’s push to deport Vietnamese who came to the United States before 1995 had also resulted in extended immigration detentions. For now, it has eased off.
• Sewing That Ends Up in Orbit November 2, 2018
  In 1975, Hue Nguyen fled by boat from South Vietnam, where she had learned to sew. Now her finished work soars into space with NASA astronauts.
• I Defended the Pentagon in 1967, but I Was Torn Between Duty and Conscience October 24, 2018
  A veteran remembers the Vietnam War demonstrations at the Pentagon, where he stood guard with his unit but felt himself siding with the protesters.
• 50 Years After Tet Offensive, a Marine Receives the Medal of Honor October 18, 2018
  Sgt. Maj. John L. Canley, now 80, repeatedly charged into enemy fire and carried wounded Americans to safety during one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.
• Mother Mushroom, Vietnamese Activist, Is Said to Be Released October 17, 2018
  The blogger, whose real name is Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, was freed to fly to the U.S. as Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was visiting, rights groups said.
• Jim Mattis Says He and Trump ‘Never Talked About Me Leaving’ October 16, 2018
  The defense secretary played down suggestions he was on the outs with President Trump, who recently said of Mr. Mattis, “I think he’s sort of a Democrat.”