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30 Years After War's End, U.S., Vietnam Focusing on Mutual Interests
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 04.29.2005 Courtesy Story Thirty years ago tomorrow, the last U.S. helicopter lifted off the roof of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam, marking the official end of the Vietnam War. The decade-long conflict left...

Ho Chi Minh City launches 2025 summer tourism stimulus campaign
Key highlights include the “Find your flavor” food tour series and “The essence shines,” a multi-sensory art performance. Running from July to August, “Find your flavor” aims to become a key offering of this summer by integrating activities such...

Court Rejects Bail Request by Paris Peace Agreement Activists
Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday denied bail to eight activists, including an outspoken Paris Peace Agreement Srun Srorn, charged with incitement to disturb social security order. Judge Nhim Pisal announced the verdict rejecting the...

Ho Chi Minh City honors Doi Moi architect with photo exhibition
The five-day event, hosted by the Municipal Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, and the municipal chapter of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, showcases 100 photos divided into two main sections. The first section of the...
Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit highs on Vietnam trade deal
Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit highs on Vietnam trade deal originally appeared on TheStreet. Updated: 4:30 p.m. EDT Stocks ended in record territory Wednesday after President Trump announced a trade deal with Vietnam. The S&P 500 gained...

World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: July 4, 2025
INDONESIA 1.INDONESIA AIMS FOR MORE COMPETITIVE US TARIFFS THAN VIETNAM’S 20 PCT DEAL -- JAKARTA GLOBE The Indonesian government is seeking lower import tariffs from the United States than those recently granted to Vietnam, in an effort to improve...

Creating a Culture of Gen AI Curiosity Over Lunch
Creating a Culture of Gen AI Curiosity Over Lunch Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning In the world of cybersecurity and advisory services, staying ahead of technological change is not just an advantage, it is a necessity. Milton Bartley,...

Vietnam kicks off e-ID registration campaign for foreign nationals
Vietnam has kicked off a 50-day campaign to register foreign nationals for the new Level-2 electronic identification system. Running through August 19, the Ministry of Public Security’s Immigration Department is issuing digital identity accounts...

Ferguson denies pardon for WA immigrant facing deportation to South Sudan
Gov. Bob Ferguson declined to grant a pardon to a Vietnamese national who grew up in Tacoma, likely clearing the way for his deportation to South Sudan. The denial of Tuan Thanh Phan’s pardon application comes as the U.S. Supreme Court clarified...

Supreme Court Lets Trump Banish Immigrants to South Sudan
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted a request by the Trump administration to send eight men who have spent more than a month imprisoned on a U.S. military base in Djibouti to war-ravaged South Sudan. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown...
Apple Services shine with App Store growth; Vietnam tariff risk...
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL, ETR:APC) continues to show strength in its Services business, with global App Store revenue estimated to have increased by 12% year-over-year in June, according to Bank of America analysts. The firm maintains its ‘Buy’...

Immigrants Know the One Big, Beautiful Bill’s Promise
Forty years ago, I spent my first Independence Day here in Washington, D.C. My family and I had just arrived in the United States as legal immigrants, carrying all of our possessions in a few suitcases of clothes. I was not even three years old....

Tetra Pak sees strong growth potential beyond daily sector
HO CHI MINH CITY: Tetra Pak, a Swedish-Swiss multinational food processing and packaging solutions company, sees strong growth potential in Malaysia and across Asia-Pacific beyond the milk category, said its president and CEO Adolfo Orive. He...

Supreme Court rules Trump admin can deport illegal immigrant criminals to South Sudan
"I do not see how a district court can compel compliance with an order that this Court has stayed," Justice Kagan said. The Supreme Court on Thursday issued an unsigned order stating that a handful of illegal immigrant criminals whom the Trump...

Before LA immigration raids, California prisons tried to help ICE deport its top targets
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. After launching immigration sweeps that sparked weeks of protests in Los Angeles, the Trump administration faulted California policies for protecting those they...

Vietnam – The next big playground for digital nomads
Business Newsday 6 Hrs Ago Ho chi minh, Vietnam - When you earn Caribbean dollars, every cent has to stretch. Plant those same earnings in Vietnam and you suddenly unlock a lifestyle that would cost three to five times more in Port of Spain or...

State Department Updates Foreign Affairs Manual: Stricter Rules for Immigrant Visas Linked to Communist or Totalitarian Party Membership
Overview of the Recent FAM Update On June 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) updated the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM), removing the “nonmeaningful membership” exception for inadmissibility based on membership in communist or other...
Celebrate culture at the county's Museum and Archives this weekend
The county's third annual Multicultural Festival is taking place at the Wellington County Museum and Archives this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. WELLINGTON COUNTY – Residents are invited to experience the world from home at the third annual...

Chance to admire 17 national treasures in Ho Chi Minh City
At the event, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Culture and Sports Nguyen Minh Nhut declared the Prime Minister’s decision signed on December 31, 2024, officially recognizing the Dong Tien Ceramic Steamer, a piece from the...

New border gate poised to boost further Cambodia-Vietnam trade
Synopsis: As both neighbouring nations have set a new target of bilateral trade amounting to around $20 billion, the new international border gate will play a key role in achieving this goal, says Mr Hun Sen. Senate President Hun Sen yesterday...