Politics

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech to the APEC CEO Summit, stressing that "openness and inclusiveness" are key to the region's continued growth.
International relations

Xi warns APEC against Cold War redux in wake of AUKUS

Singapore's Lee urges digital integration as Vietnam's Phuc talks sustainability

11 November 2021
Four of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' members -- Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei -- belong to the CPTPP trade pact.
International relations

China courts Vietnam and Malaysia for support on CPTPP bid

Outreach to ASEAN members key to groundwork for trade negotiations

27 October 2021
Vietnamese soldiers look out from a truck as they deliver food in strict lockdown areas amid COVID-19 pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in August.
Coronavirus

Vietnam extends Ho Chi Minh City lockdown as COVID rages

Restrictions yet to quell pandemic in nation's commercial hub: 5 things to know

16 September 2021
A Vietnamese saleswoman stands next to an American and Vietnam flag on sale in Hanoi: America's soft power diplomacy appears to have triumphed.
Opinion

Vietnamese love the US, and China cannot change that

Attempts to turn the Afghanistan withdrawal to Beijing's advantage have failed

13 September 2021
Health care workers transfer a COVID-19 patient to an ambulance in Ho Chi Minh City: Southern Vietnam's business hub has an unusually high death rate from the coronavirus.
Coronavirus

Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City has highest COVID death rate in region

Restrictions in commercial hub likely to stay beyond Sept. 15, experts say

11 September 2021
Vietnam marks the first leg of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's four-nation tour of Asia.
International relations

China's foreign minister visits Vietnam to counter US overtures

Wang on vaccine diplomacy tour after visits by Austin and Harris

11 September 2021
Delivery riders in Ho Chi Minh City in August. Vietnam's largest city faces a food delivery crisis.
Coronavirus

Vietnam faces food delivery crisis in Ho Chi Minh City

Grocers and shippers overwhelmed with orders for necessities under lockdown

3 September 2021
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, left, discussed Indo-Pacific security concerns during her meeting Aug. 25 with Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/pool/AFP)
Biden's Asia policy

Harris tells Vietnam US Navy will keep presence in South China Sea

VP says Washington will donate another 1m vaccine doses, countering Beijing

26 August 2021
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Hanoi for the second leg of her Asia trip on Aug. 24.
Coronavirus

Harris opens CDC office in Vietnam as COVID rages in south

Hanoi deploys troops in Ho Chi Minh City to contain pandemic while VP's visit

25 August 2021
A security officer watches camera feeds in Davao, on the Philippine island of Mindanao, in 2016. The island long been a base for Muslim militants, including those allied with the Islamic State group.
Afghanistan turmoil

ASEAN on guard for extremism inspired by Taliban's Afghan triumph

Philippines on 'full alert' in Mindanao as governments also brace for refugees

23 August 2021
Customers bracing for tighter COVID-19 restrictions starting Monday search for food on near-empty shelves at a supermarket in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam August 21, 2021. 
Coronavirus

Intel and foreign businesses in Vietnam fear harsh COVID measures

Companies in Ho Chi Minh City worry restrictions will discourage investment

22 August 2021
A woman and her son stop to pray in front of a closed church during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Ho Chi Minh City.
Coronavirus

Vietnam deploys troops in Ho Chi Minh City to suppress COVID

Tougher measures brought in ahead of US vice president's trip to Hanoi

20 August 2021
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to arrive in Singapore on Aug. 22, before moving on to Vietnam on Aug. 24.
Biden's Asia policy

Harris to visit ASEAN in shadow of Afghan exit: 5 things to know

VP's trip to Singapore and Vietnam set to 'reassure' about US commitment to Asia

20 August 2021
Hundreds of people run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane as it moves down a runway of the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug.16.
Afghanistan turmoil

Asian countries rush to bring back citizens from Afghanistan

India evacuates embassy staff while Chinese mission 'operating normally'

17 August 2021
A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies over the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, August 15, as the Taliban began entering the Afghan capital from all sides.
Opinion

America's Afghan misadventure is not Biden's 'Saigon moment'

Predictions about what will follow should be accompanied with a degree of humility

16 August 2021
A health worker speaks to members of the public as they wait to enter a COVID-19 vaccination center in Ho Chi Minh City on Aug. 5.
Coronavirus

Vietnam vows to curb COVID in Ho Chi Minh City as deaths spike

Prime minister sets mid-Sept. deadline to keep foreign investment rolling in

11 August 2021
A solar farm in Kupang, Indonesia. Southeast Asian countries are stepping up efforts to shift to renewable energy sources. 
Climate Change

ASEAN countries start to shake off smokestack addiction

Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam count on EVs to propel shift

4 August 2021
Father FX Nguyen Duc Dai leads an Easter Sunday mass in Huu Bang parish, an area of Son Loi, which was previously quarantined due to the coronavirus. 
Coronavirus

Vietnam communists accept religions' olive branch as COVID rages

Catholics and Buddhists mobilize health workers to help Ho Chi Minh City cope

3 August 2021
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Indo-Pacific

Austin shores up vital US-Philippine ties on Southeast Asia trip

Maintaining troop pact with Manila gives Pentagon options for pivot to China

31 July 2021
The visit to Southeast Asia will be U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's second trip overseas in the post.
International relations

Harris to visit Singapore and Vietnam as US courts Southeast Asia

August trip by VP follows Defense Secretary Austin's tour to underscore engagement

31 July 2021
A man living in an area under a COVID-19 lockdown receives food through a barricade in Ho Chi Minh City.
Coronavirus

Vietnam PM gains vast powers to contain Ho Chi Minh City outbreak

COVID spread in south prompt legislature to approve Hanoi centralized decision-making

29 July 2021
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will soon travel to Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines in the first visit to Southeast Asia by a top member of the Biden administration. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Defense)
Indo-Pacific

US defense chief Austin to visit Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines

Washington seeks coordinated approach to Beijing in South China Sea

20 July 2021
India's monstrous second wave of COVID-19 caused most of its over 400,000 fatalities during the pandemic and derailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vaccine diplomacy.
Asia Insight

India's COVID second wave disrupts vaccine export plans

Asia faces shortage as world's biggest jab producer still battles outbreak at home

20 July 2021
Many streets in Vietnam, like this one in Vung Tau, are nearly empty as COVID curbs kick in.
Politics

Vietnam beefs up COVID response ahead of National Assembly

Cases surge in Ho Chi Minh City, prompting deployment of police and military

19 July 2021
The surge in anti-Asian violence has brought sympathy from immigrants' home countries, prompted diplomatic rebuke, and handed Chinese state media a potent set of talking points with which to criticize the U.S.
The Big Story

Anti-Asian attacks erode US image as Biden rebuilds Pacific ties

Trump's China rhetoric cited as source of bias against Asian Americans

15 July 2021