Vietnam
Vietnam plans live-fire drill amid South China Sea row
June 10, 2011Vietnam has said it will hold live-fire exercises in the South China Sea amid escalating tensions with China over disputed waters. Vietnam warned vessels to stay out of the area off its central coast when it conducts the drills on Monday. It follows...
Czechs ask health certificates for visa applicants from Moldova
June 02, 2009Czech visa applicants from Kenya, Moldova, Ukraine, Vietnam and some other countries will have to present health certificates that they do not suffer from tuberculosis and syphilis and that they are not HIV positive, Foreign Minister Jan Kohout told journalists...
Soviet Officer Who Shot Down John McCain in Vietnam Dies
January 19, 2009By Paul Goble Yuri Trushechkin, the former Soviet lieutenant colonel who shot down John McCain's plane over North Vietnam in October 1967, died at the end of last week, insisting to the end that he would not want to meet the senator because of...