Agent Orange Victims Get Scientology ‘Detox’ Treatment
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(HANOI, Vietnam) — The Vietnamese government is turning to a “detoxification” method developed by the founder of the Church of Scientology to treat victims of Agent Orange, a toxic defoliant the U.S. military used dur…
Vietnam Holds First-Ever Gay Pride Event
HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/GettyImages(HANOI, Vietnam) — Just a few years ago, the Vietnamese government considered homosexuality a “social evil.” But on Sunday, 100 gays and lesbians gathered in Hanoi for the country’s first-ever gay pride event.
They …
Six Airmen Lost over Laos in 1965 Buried at Arlington
File photo. iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Six Air Force airmen killed in a 1965 plane crash in Laos during the Vietnam War were laid to rest Monday at Arlington National Cemetery, the culmination of a decades-long effort to find their remains,…
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta Visits Vietnam
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images(CAM RAHN BAY, Vietnam) — Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta traveled to Vietnam on Sunday, marking the first trip by an American defense secretary there since the Vietnam War ended.
Panetta visited a former U.S. Navy b…
Obama Recalls Vietnam Vets’ Treatment as ‘National Shame’
The White House/Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — In his second address this Memorial Day, President Obama paid specific tribute to those perished during the Vietnam War on the 50th anniversary of its beginning. He recalled the sacrifice of the troops wh…
Obama on Memorial Day Recalls the Fallen, Winding Down of Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(ARLINGTON, Va.) — Under bright, hazy skies at Arlington National Cemetery, President Obama spent his fourth Memorial Day as commander in chief honoring the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who died serving their coun…
40 Years Late, Vietnam Hero Leslie Sabo Gets Medal of Honor
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Forty-two years after his selfless act of heroism during the Vietnam War saved the lives of his fellow soldiers, Army Specialist Leslie H. Sabo Jr. posthumously received the Medal of Honor Wednesday.”This Me…
Four Decades Later, Vietnam War Hero to Receive Medal of Honor
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Forty-two years after his selfless act of heroism during the Vietnam war saved the lives of his fellow soldiers, Army Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony on Wedne…
CDC Asked to Investigate Mysterious Illness in Vietnam
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(HANOI, Vietnam) — Vietnamese health officials asked the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to investigate a mysterious skin disease which has killed 19 people in central…
Vietnam: Bus Driver Takes Cop on Wild Ride
File photo. iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A Vietnamese traffic cop who would stop at nothing to issue a bus driver a ticket, and a bus driver who would do anything to avoid a ticket, combined for a wild ride in Hanoi.Traffic police Second Lt. Ngu…