Vietnam War veteran's memories stun Greater Latrobe history class

7 February 2012, 9:00 pm

Greater Latrobe High School students in Brad Wetzel's "Vietnam: Tour of Duty" history class dealt with the real thing when Vietnam veteran Cliff Shrum of Latrobe spoke to the group about the realities of war, particularly Vietnam.... Read More »

Early rally raises expectations for stock market reforms

7 February 2012, 7:25 pm

Restructuring efforts should provide badly needed boost, finance minister says... Read More »

Vietnam to host three international chess tournaments this year

7 February 2012, 3:40 am

HANOI — Vietnam will host three international chess tournaments this year, including the HDBank Cup Open Chess Tournament in March, the Asian Continental Chess Championships in May, and the ASEAN and Age Groups Chess Championships in June, announced the Vietnam Sports General Department here on Tu... Read More »

Vietnam Staff Da Nang and Central Vietnam

6 February 2012, 9:14 am

Mark Conroy has been with East Meets West since 1994 and has held his current position, as Senior Advisor and Da Nang Office Representative, since March 2009. Prior to that, he was EMW’s Country Director for 15 years. His tenure at EMW was preceded by a wide variety endeavors.... Read More »

EMW Project Management

6 February 2012, 9:07 am

East Meets West Project Management Division builds major projects in health care and education in cities such as Da Nang, Hue and Hanoi. The Project Management Division is largely funded by Atlantic Philanthropies .... Read More »

Vietnam's largest TV network hosts daylong live broadcast to raise money for children with heart defects in Vietnam

6 February 2012, 9:06 am

HANOI - April 19, 2009 - Vietnam's most popular TV channel, VTV3, broadcast a daylong show on Sunday, shot from five different locations around the country, to raise funds for Trai Tim Cho Em/Operation Healthy Heart.... Read More »

Delayed funding sees traditional garden houses closed in Hue

5 February 2012, 11:40 pm

Nearly a hundred garden houses, a cultural attraction in the World Heritage town of Hue, have been closed over the past five years with the owners saying they were tired of preserving the heritages without getting paid.... Read More »

Vietnam stocks rise most in Asia on policy optimism

2 February 2012, 7:36 am

Vietnam’s stocks climbed Thursday, driving the benchmark index to the highest level in almost three months, amid speculation policy makers will implement more measures to support the market.... Read More »

Vietnam's National Tourism Year kicks off

26 January 2012, 9:40 pm

Thua Thien, Central Vietnam (Viet Nam News/ANN) - Central Vietnam's Hue province has been selected to host the National Tourism Year - Northern Central Coastal Area 2012. It will host a series of activities throughout the year to promote national tourism and lure international tourists.... Read More »

24-hour room service: Ana Mandara Hue, Vietnam

13 January 2012, 5:14 pm

It was my first morning at the Ana Mandara, and I couldn't see a thing. I stepped gingerly towards the hiss of the South China Sea, first across fat, springy grass and then on to white, hot sand. A heavy morning mist was tumbling in from the ocean thick and fast, obscuring the view to no more th... Read More »