Vietnam

South Korea names Han Seongsook as first female PM pick in decades

Han Seongsook, who previously served as chief executive of South Korean internet giant Naver, is expected to lead the country in an AI transformation.

Far-right protesters chant slogans, calling for a halt to vote counting and a rerun of the race, as they surround a polling station where ballot boxes for local elections are still kept in, in Seoul, South Korea, June 4, 2026.
Ho Chi Minh City

After Hanoi, Arkia opens a new direct route to the Far East

Arkia aircraft Airbus a321neo LR arrives for a welcome ceremony after his landing at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv on November 13, 2018.

Arkia to add flights to Saigon, expanding Vietnam operations

A police officer stands in front of red flags used to decorate a street, in Hanoi, Vietnam, August 30, 2025.

Vietnam's Communist Party targets social media influencers, AI for propaganda


From Saigon to Kabul: Losing battle, winning war - opinion

The Afghan crisis can potentially be turned into an opportunity if the US redirects its energies toward Iran with a credible strategy coordinated with Israel.

 US GENERAL AUSTIN Miller, (left) shakes hand with Afghan Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, at a ceremony in Kabul in July, as Miller relinquishes command during the final phase of America’s withdrawal from the war in Afghanistan.

The Afghanistan incompetence teaches us a few lessons - Opinion

Is it possible that in a year or less, Afghanistan will be forgotten, the Marines will be buried, and the Biden Administration will be touting the money that it has given to eager Americans?

US President Biden welcomes Israel's Prime Minister Bennett, in Washington

Kabul disaster isn’t like Saigon, where US saved thousands in 1975

The scenes at the Kabul airport are being compared to the Evacuation of Saigon in 1975.

 People try to get inside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul

Book review: The slow disintegration

An eminently believable story set during a period of political, racial turmoil

A MEMORIAL unveiled in 1999 in Sydney, Australia, bearing the names of the Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. The incident profoundly impacts the book’s characters.

Vietnam to mix doses of Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines

A Spanish study found the Pfizer-AstraZeneca combination was highly safe and effective, according to preliminary results.

A healthcare worker hands over doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to a doctor at Messe Wien Congress Center, which has been set up as coronavirus disease vaccination centre, in Vienna, Austria February 7, 2021.

Vietnam detects hybrid of Indian and UK COVID-19 variant

Laboratory cultures of the new variant, which is much more transmissible that the previously known types, revealed that the virus replicated itself very quickly.

Patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) get treatment at the casualty ward in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital, amidst the spread of the disease in New Delhi, India April 15, 2021.

Trump offered Kim Jong-un a ride home on Air Force 1 after 2019 summit

'I can get you home in two hours if you want,' Trump reportedly told Kim, shocking everyone in the room. "Kim declined," former Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger said.

US President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Two with one stone: Israeli FM signs deals with both India and Vietnam

"The goal of these agreements is to strengthen Israel relationship with these two countries, to advance it to new places."

The Israeli, Indian and Vietnamese foreign ministers, December 21, 2020.

Vietnam braces for Typhoon Vamco, 53 dead in Philippines

Vamco is forecast to hit a swathe of Vietnam's coast from Ha Tinh to Quang Ngai province.

A woman wades through muddy floodwater following Typhoon Vamco, in San Mateo, Rizal province, Philippines, November 13, 2020.

Vietnam police bust ring selling 'recycled condoms'

An empty condom wrapper lies on the street in Havana, Cuba, August 27, 2018.