Vietnam

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

The route joins the direct flights operated by the company to Hanoi and will allow travelers to fly to eastern Vietnam and return through Hanoi and exit from Saigon, or vice versa.

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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

Dr. Melandri Vlok and Ms. Minh Tran conducting radiographic analysis on child skeletons from Man Bac, April 11, 2026.

Prehistoric children’s remains show syphilis-like disease spread through ancient Vietnam - study


Iran-US-Israel’s 40 years of hostility with no end in sight - analysis

Much of the US will not view Tehran as being a country that it can do business with until it renounces the hostage incident and other similar behaviors that violate Western norms.

A military vehicle carrying Iranian Zoobin smart bomb (L) and Sagheb missile under pictures of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and Late Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran September 22, 2011.

5 epic travel experiences you can’t miss on your Vietnam trip

From mega metropolises to far-flung destinations, Vietnam is full of awe-inspiring attractions that offer a one-of-a-lifetime traveling experience.


Vietnamese woman texts parents: ‘I’m dying because I can’t breathe.'

Pham Thi Tra My is believed to be among the 39 people found dead in a truck near London on Wednesday.

Anti-racism campaigners hold candles during a vigil, following the discovery of 39 bodies in a truck container on Wednesday, outside the Home Office in London, Britain October 24, 2019

Seven tiger cubs found dead in Vietnam

This is not the only arrest of smugglers this week in South East Asia - There was a record seizure in Singapore of nine tons of ivory and a stash of pangolin scales on its way to Vietnam.

Thai veterinarian Phimchanok Srongmongkul holds a baby tiger

Middle Israel: Lessons from Israel’s most forgotten war

Half a century after the War of Attrition and half a decade since the last round in Gaza – a word in favor of strategic attrition

Eliana Duy, 8, FL, stands in front of the wreath that U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis, General John Kelly, White House Chief of Staff and Cindy McCain, wife of late Senator John McCain, lay a ceremonial wreath honoring all whose lives were lost during the Vietnam War at at the Vietnam Veteran

Malaysia to free woman accused of Kim Jong Nam murder

Malaysian prosecutors dropped a murder charge against Huong earlier this month, after she plead guilty to an alternate charge of causing harm.

Nguyen Thi Vy, stepmother of Doan Thi Huong, the Vietnamese suspect in Kim Jong Nam's murder, receives a phone call in her house in Nam Dinh province, Vietnam April 1, 2019

Israel Aerospace Industries closes $160m drone deal with Vietnam

Last month, IAI lost out in bids worth hundreds of millions of dollars for two major tenders for UAVs.

AN IAI HERON stands on the tarmac during a media presentation in Emmen, Switzerland, in 2012

Hanoi to benefit from innovative Israeli air-to-water technology

"Watergen is honored to share the benefits of Israeli water technology to the people of Vietnam by providing them with a fundamental lifeline of drinking water," said Watergen's president.

Ambassador of Israel to Vietnam Nadav Eshcar presents Watergen’s GEN-350 to Vietnam's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoang Van Thang

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang dies after 'serious illness'

Quang, 61, died in a military hospital in Hanoi from a "serious illness despite efforts by domestic and international doctors and professors," Vietnam Television reported.

Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang in front of Ho Chi Minh statue and Vietnamese flag before meeting, Presidential Palace, Hanoi, 2018