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Tin Việt Nam / Vietnam News

• Viet Thanh Nguyen Talks About 'The Committed' March 1, 2021
  Viet Thanh Nguyen won the Pulitzer for his debut, “The Sympathizer,” recognition that was great for his career and bad for his writing. Now he’s back with its subversive sequel, “The Committed.”
  Alexandra Alter
• Vietnam Gives Nguyen Phu Trong a 3rd Term as Communist Chief February 1, 2021
  Nguyen Phu Trong, 76, was named to a third term in office as party leaders were unable to reach consensus on a successor. The reappointment may have put off a transition to more pragmatic leadership.
  Richard C. Paddock
• Vietnam Imprisons 3 Journalists Amid Broader Attack on Speech February 1, 2021
  The sentences are the latest crackdown on dissent in the one-party state, as the ruling Communist Party prepares for an important political conclave.
  Mike Ives
• The World’s Rarest Turtle Has a Shot at Escaping Extinction January 25, 2021
  Conservationists confirmed that a Swinhoe’s softshell turtle found in Vietnam is female, reigniting hope for saving the species.
  Rachel Nuwer
• A Scoop About the Pentagon Papers, 50 Years Later January 15, 2021
  A former Times reporter obtained the answer to a major question involving Neil Sheehan’s source, then had to keep it secret until last week.
  Katie Van Syckle
• Brittanya Karma, German-Vietnamese Social Media Star, Dies at 29 January 5, 2021
  She used her social media clout to preach and model self-confidence. She died of complications of Covid-19 in a Hamburg hospital.
  Christopher F. Schuetze
• Trump Administration Says Vietnam and Switzerland Manipulated Currency January 5, 2021
  The decision to label the countries currency manipulators for the first time is likely to raise tensions with two trading partners.
  Alan Rappeport
• Your Tuesday Briefing December 22, 2020
  Britain’s sudden coronavirus Christmas isolation.
  Natasha Frost
• Businessman Pays Overdue Utility Bills for Dozens of Floridians, Again December 12, 2020
  Mike Esmond knew what it was like to be broke and get his heat cut off in a brutal winter. So, for the second year in a row, he paid residents’ overdue utility bills in Gulf Breeze, Fla.
  John Ismay
• Menaced by Murder Hornets, Bees Decorate Their Hives With Poop December 10, 2020
  Asian honeybees have exhibited what scientists call a form of tool use to deter attacks by giant predatory wasps.
  Katherine J. Wu