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Tin Việt Nam / Vietnam News

• Vietnamese Journalist Gets 2 ½ Years in Prison for Facebook Posts February 28, 2025
  The sentence for Truong Huy San, an influential reporter, was the latest crackdown on speech by Vietnam, a rising regional power.
  Damien Cave
• Trump’s USAID Cuts Halt Agent Orange Victims Program in Vietnam February 17, 2025
  Fifty years after the Vietnam War ended, President Trump’s gutting of foreign aid has halted American efforts to address a toxic legacy and build a strategic partnership.
  Damien Cave
• Why Investors Appear Unfazed by the Latest Trump Tariffs February 14, 2025
  The dollar fell and global stock markets are holding up despite President Trump announcing his plan to impose reciprocal tariffs on trading partners.
  Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch, Edmund Lee and Joe Rennison
• Want Free Trade? May I Introduce You to the Tariff. February 6, 2025
  Countries with democratic governments and mostly free economies should come together and create a new trade regime, based on balance.
  Robert E. Lighthizer
• Año nuevo lunar: comienza el año de la serpiente January 30, 2025
  Más de mil millones de personas en todo el mundo celebran el Año Nuevo Lunar.
  Yan Zhuang and Amy Chang Chien
• Lunar New Year 2025 Photos: See Year of the Snake Celebrations Across Asia January 29, 2025
  More than a billion people around the world are celebrating the Lunar New Year.
  Yan Zhuang and Amy Chang Chien
• Typhoon Yagi Scrambles Vietnam’s Lunar New Year Tradition January 29, 2025
  A typhoon and extreme heat dramatically affected prices for the kumquat trees that are ubiquitous during the holiday.
  Mike Ives
• Vietnam’s Kumquat Trees, a Lunar New Year Staple, Have a Bad Year January 29, 2025
  Vietnamese families preparing for the Lunar New Year traditionally buy the citrus trees as a symbol of good luck. But extreme weather has hurt this year’s harvest.
  Shawn Paik and AFP
• Vietnam’s Drivers, Facing Steep Fines, Are Minding the Rules of the Road January 28, 2025
  Steep new fines — more than many people make in a month — have made the streets of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi less freewheeling than they used to be.
  Damien Cave
• Las empresas chinas ya han eludido los aranceles de Trump, y podrían volver a hacerlo January 1, 2025
  Para muchas compañías, los aranceles no han hecho más que estimular una creativa reorganización global de sus operaciones de fabricación.
  Ana Swanson