Vietnam is gearing up to host the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who flies into Hanoi on Wednesday evening after meeting Kim Jong Un in North Korea. Putin is visiting the Vietnam capital at the invitation of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. On Thursday, the Russian leader will take part in a welcome ceremony […]
An 18-year-old Rosemount man was sentenced Tuesday to a juvenile correctional facility for punching a Vietnam veteran in the face at Harriet Island Regional Park in an assault that led to the victim’s death weeks later. Wyatt Daniel Doerfler admitted in Ramsey County District Court this month that he punched Thomas Dunne after confronting the […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to visit North Korea and Vietnam, the Kremlin announced on Monday. Putin’s visit to North Korea on Tuesday and Wednesday follows an invitation from ruler Kim Jong Un, a statement said, describing the trip as a “friendly state visit.” Putin is then due to travel on to Vietnam for […]
By Francesco Guarascio and Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Hanoi this week, Vietnamese and Russian state media said on Monday, highlighting Communist-ruled Vietnam’s loyalty to Russia and triggering a U.S. rebuke. The visit follows Hanoi avoiding a Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland last weekend, while sending its deputy foreign minister […]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – What started as service to the country turned into a life-changing injury, shifting Sergeant Gerald Appelhans’ perspective on his purpose in the world, and the difference he could make for others. For the Appelhans siblings, the military was seen as a way out of poverty. “My oldest brother was in the Army,” […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea and Vietnam in the coming weeks, the Vedomosti newspaper reported on Monday, citing a diplomatic source. Russian ambassador to North Korea Alexander Matsegora confirmed to Vedomosti that the president’s visit to Pyongyang will happen and is being “actively prepared”. The newspaper said Putin could […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vietnam has been increasing its dredging and landfill work in the South China Sea, creating almost as much new land as in the previous two years combined, setting the stage for a record year of island-building, U.S. researchers said on Friday. Since November 2023, when the Washington-based think tank issued its last […]
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, sentenced to death in the country’s largest-ever financial fraud case, had illegally transferred money abroad, according to police, with state media on Thursday reporting $4.5 billion had been moved. Police said late on Wednesday an investigation into those transfers and money laundering has been completed, […]
Recent visitors to Vietnam have likely marvelled at the newly-soaring skylines of capital Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon, the biggest urban area in what has been for two decades one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and a hub for the likes of Intel and Samsung. But holidaymakers will soon be treated to […]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — One Kansas family is fighting to show respect to their loved one, trying to get him a headstone over 50 years after he was killed in action. Private First Class Christopher Gutierrez is buried at Wichita’s Calvary Cemetery. He is a Purple Heart recipient, shot and killed in South Vietnam in […]
In the dense jungle terrain in Darlac Province, near the provincial capital of Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, American doctor Eleanor Ardel Vietti had found her calling to heal. Yet that same calling led her to become America’s first female prisoner of war in Vietnam. To this day, Vietti remains the only American woman POW […]
The Vietnam War was one of the longest, costliest, deadliest wars the United States has ever fought. It was one of the most protested, brutal and complex wars in our history. It is a story of death, sorrow and pain. The war was different in many ways from World War II. During World War II, […]