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.

Ho Chi Minh City
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


Rosh Hashanah: Revisiting my past New Year's predictions - opinion

As I dove deep into my formative years, I was surprised by how prescient we were (at times) and how off base we were (most of the time).

 I WAS right about gas prices… just 40 years too early!

Canada ends anti-racism program with adviser who said Zionists are ‘human feces’

The Canadian government had funded a firm whose leading consultant Laith Marouf said Zionists should be shot in the head.

 National Flag of Canada (Queen's Park, Toronto).

Exuberant sounds of Israeli band Gute Gute echo through Hanoi’s August Revolution Square

 Israeli Embassy in Vietnam brings top Israeli band to Vietnam for two performances

Gute Gute band in Hanoi

Grapevine July 20, 2022: They also serve who only stand and wait

Movers and shakers of Israeli society.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden with President Isaac Herzog and his wife, Michal, at his official residence in Jerusalem, last week.

Ca Phe Hanoi: Like visiting Vietnam in Tel Aviv - review

“The concept is Vietnamese food that is super-energetic,” said chef Idan Peretz. “We want the vibe of the market of Vietnam combined with the taste of Mediterranean cuisine.”

 Ca Phe Hanoi

Vatican, Vietnam agree to upgrade relations

This would be one step short of full diplomatic relations with ambassadors.

 A handicraft vendor waits for customers on a foggy day in front of a Catholic church after Sunday Mass, in Vietnam's northern resort town of Sapa

Israel’s Oravax oral COVID-19 vaccine heads to Southeast Asia

Oravax Medical signed a cooperation and Purchase Agreement with Vietnam-based Tan Thanh Holdings Investment Joint Stock Company to pre-purchase 10 million doses of Oravax’s oral COVID-19 vaccine

 Dr. Miriam Kidron, CSO and founder of Oramed Pharmaceuticals, and HE Ambassador Do Minh Hung, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the State of Israel.

Vietnam police summon noodle seller after 'Salt Bae' parody video

Last week, Gokce uploaded a video of himself feeding Vietnam's Minister of Public Security, To Lam, gold leaf encrusted steak at his London restaurant.

 Nusret Gokce, known as Salt Bae, poses at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival

Israel gives Vietnam medical assistance to battle COVID-19

Israel gave Vietnam ventilators, masks and oxygen tanks in a ceremony involving the Israeli ambassador to Vietnam and the Vietnamese deputy foreign minister.

 Israel gave Vietnam medical equipment to help with COVID-19.

From Saigon to Kabul: Losing battle, winning war - opinion

The Afghan crisis can potentially be turned into an opportunity if the US redirects its energies toward Iran with a credible strategy coordinated with Israel.

 US GENERAL AUSTIN Miller, (left) shakes hand with Afghan Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, at a ceremony in Kabul in July, as Miller relinquishes command during the final phase of America’s withdrawal from the war in Afghanistan.