World news about “Vietnam” published by euronews.
Baez revisits Hanoi bunker where she sat out US air raids The American folk singer and anti-war activist Joan Baez has returned to a bunker in Vietnam where she spent nine days sheltering from ferocious American air… 10/04/2013
Educating the green guardians of the future With climate change, deforestation and ever increasing threats to wildlife, environmental activists believe much more still needs to be done to protect our… 15/03/2013
Rolling Thunder at 25 – nocomment It was the 25th Anniversary of Rolling Thunder, which began as a tribute to the veterans of the Vietnam War. In Washington DC, bikers from all over America… 28/05/2012
Education moves In this edition of Learning World we look at getting to and from school. In theory, the school run should be affordable and safe but in poor and isolated… 03/02/2012
European energy from fish and tea bags? In Europe at least 20 percent of our food ends up as waste. While new zero-food waste policies are on their way, researchers are imagining ways to turn… 19/12/2011
Anit-China demonstration in Vietnam – nocomment Vietnamese protesters marched through the streets of Hanoi for a fourth straight week on Sunday, calling for China to stop entering Vietnamese waters in the… 26/06/2011
Anti-China demo in Vietnam – nocomment Demonstration against China in Vietnam because of a row over maritime territory. 12/06/2011
40 years on Vietnam marks “The Christmas Bombings”Vietnam is commemorating the 40th anniversary of “Operation Linebacker II” the biggest ariel blitz of the Vietnam War. US President Nixon ordered the 1972… 23/12/2012
Vietnamese stage anti-China ralliesDemonstrators in Vietnam have staged rare protests against China in a long-running dispute over who owns parts of the South China Sea. In Hanoi, scores of… 09/12/2012
Vietnam jails bloggers for spreading “propaganda against the state”Three Vietnamese bloggers have been jailed for between four and 12 years as officials continue to clamp down on criticism of the government. The trio – two… 24/09/2012
Vietnam: US starts its first Agent Orange clean-upFor the first time, the United States is helping to clean up Agent Orange contamination – a toxic relic of the Vietnam war. The countries have launched a… 09/08/2012
First Pride for Vietnam’s gay communityVietnam has held its first ever Gay Pride parade. It took place in Hanoi on Sunday. The government there has recently proposed including same-sex couples… 06/08/2012
China establishes city on disputed islandA grand ceremony was held on Yongxing to establish the city of Sansha as part of the Chinese claim to the disputed island. The move marked the latest… 24/07/2012
Iconic Vietnam napalm photo 40 years oldIt has been 40 years since an airstrike in Vietnam produced one of the most memorable images of war ever taken, and led to an extraordinary story of… 01/06/2012
Typhoon heads for Vietnam after ChinaHaving killed at least 43 people in the Philippines, Typhoon Nesat has arrived in southern China. The authorities here have had plenty of warning. An… 30/09/2011
Island on high alert as Typhoon Nesat reaches China’s HainanTyphoon Nesat has made its way to the Chinese island of Hainan in the South China Sea. About 58,000 people living on Hainan have been evacuated. As the… 29/09/2011
Agent Orange clean-up starts in Vietnam, 50 years laterFifty years after it began using the highly toxic Agent Orange in Vietnam, the US has begun a clean-up operation in the country. The project is a joint… 17/06/2011
Vietnam holds navy drills amid tension with ChinaVietnam is holding military exercises with live rounds off its coast, as it accuses Beijing of raising tension in the South China Sea. A war of words… 13/06/2011
Climate change along the Mekong riverThe Mekong is one of the world’s great rivers and millions of people depend on it. But with climate change a vast region could be at risk of disaster… 12/02/2010
Typhoon Ketsana smashes into VietnamAfter the Philippines, now Vietnam and China are in the eye of the storm. The extreme weather that has claimed hundreds of lives in southeast Asia is… 29/09/2009
