Vietnam

Ellsberg’s disclosures included details about troop buildup and the U.S.’s acknowledgment that it was overconfident about the Vietnam War’s prospects...Read More

Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War and inspired acts of retaliation by President Richard Nixon that helped lead to his resignation, has died. He was 92. Ellsberg, who announced in February that he was terminally…

Daniel Ellsberg, who died on Friday, of pancreatic cancer, at age ninety-two, became the father of whistle-blowing in America when he leaked the Pentagon Papers to the Times, in 1971. In the course of several months in 1969 and 1970, he copied seven thousand pages of top-secret documents that laid…

The Vietnamese firm's slower revenue was due to lower selling prices and a complete pivot to EV production...Read More

IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world's leading hotel companies with more than 6,000 hotels across 18 brands, announces the opening of voco Ma Belle Danang - the first voco hotel in Vietnam and 50th opening globally, in partnership with Tuyet Lien Son Co Ltd. Danang is one of…

Vingroup’s VinFast has unveiled a two-door “mini” electric vehicle for Vietnam, where millions of drivers retain a penchant for motorbikes that can go down sidewalks and squeeze between centuries-old buildings. The jeep-like five-seater is just 3.1 meters long, the EV maker said late on Thursday. Compact cars average more than…

By: Frank Jordans, The Associated Press Posted: 7:14 AM CDT Wednesday, Jun. 7, 2023 Print Email Save to Read Later BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Wednesday that it is concerned by the recent detention of a prominent environmental campaigner in Vietnam, warning that a recent multi-billion-dollar deal to…

With roughly 70% of Vietnam's population unbanked or underbanked, companies are finding new ways to lend to these underserved communities...Read More

Prominent Vietnamese environmentalist Hoang Thi Minh Hong has been arrested, becoming the latest civil society activist to face charges of tax evasion.Hong’s NGO, the Center of Hands-on Action and Networking for Growth and Environment (CHANGE), shut down last year amid intense pressure on civil society groups in the country.Another leading…

JCB and Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam launch the BIDV JCB Ultimate Credit Card in Vietnam TOKYO & HA NOI, Jun 02, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - JCB International Co., Ltd., (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., Japan's only international payment brand,…