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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now we're going to take some time to hear accounts of a nearly forgotten moment - an American prison riot that happened halfway around the world at the peak of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. AILSA CHANG, HOST: It was 1968. There were
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: This Memorial Day, my co-host Ari Shapiro brings us a story of one of the lives that was shaped by the Vietnam War. We begin at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial here in Washington as evening falls. ARI SHAPIRO, BYLINE: By this t
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 16 October 2006 Ly Tong, center, a South Vietnamese air force veteran who later became a US citizen, talks to reporters at Criminal Court in Bangkok, September 7, 2006 A small but growing number of dissidents in Vietnam is c
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 01 June 2007 Vietnamese Internet users are experiencing slower service after thieves stole part of the one of the country's main fiber-optic transmission cables from the sea floor and sold it for scrap. If one more cable is c
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 07 November 2006 A Vietnamese court is to try seven people, including three U.S. citizens, on charges of terrorism. The accused allegedly plotted to hijack Vietnamese radio frequencies to call for an anti-government uprising
AS IT IS 2013-12-04 Critics Raise Concerns About Vietnam's New Constitution Welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English. Im Mario Ritter. Vietnam is changing its constitution. But critics say the document does not include reforms that will improve
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 26 June 2007 When Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet met United States President George Bush in Washington last week, they announced new efforts to tackle the damage caused by Agent Orange. Although the countries agreed v
By Stefan Bos Budapest 19 September 2009 Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (r) and his Hungarian counterpart Gordon Bajnai inspect the honor guards in front of the Parliament building in Budapest, 18 Sep 2009 Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen
Vietnam'sDrugRehabCentersUnderFire Rights advocates in Vietnam are criticizing a form of treatment used by the government to rehabilitate illegal drug users and sex workers. In a newly released report, the international human rights group Human Right
Cleaning Vietnam Memorial Proves Healing for Veterans Under a newly-risen sun in Washington, D.C., a group of men and women are elbow deep in soapsuds. They are members of Rolling Thunder, a group dedicated to raising awareness about American prisone
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The USS Carl Vinson is in De Nang, Vietnam. And it is the first U.S. aircraft carrier visit since the end of the Vietnam War. And it comes at a time of increasing tension between the U.S. and China and between China and some of i
Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And Im Ryan Geertsma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Nguyen The Dong had a probl
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 13 August 2006 Vietnamese Deputy Transport Minister Nguyen Viet Tien is handcuffed and led from his home in Hanoi (File photo) As Vietnam prepares to ratify the U.N. Convention Against Corruption, the government continues it
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 13 November 2006 A U.S.-based human rights group says Vietnamese authorities are taking homeless children off the streets of Hanoi in the run-up to international events such as this week's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation s
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 17 January 2007 Lee Kuan Yew (file photo) Lee Kuan Yew, the former prime minister of Singapore, is visiting Vietnam. Many people in Vietnam admire Mr. Lee for building Singapore into a modern, developed nation, and they see t
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 04 May 2007 Executives from eighteen major U.S. corporations are in Vietnam, meeting with senior government officials at a conference sponsored by the US-ASEAN Business Council. As Matt Steinglass reports from Hanoi, they are
By Gary Thomas Washington 08 October 2009 Glasse report Download (WM) US Soldiers in Afghanistan As the situation in Afghanistan grows more deadly and complex, the Obama administration finds itself confronted with difficult questions over strategy a
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 11 January 2007 Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization became official on Thursday. The event is a milestone in a long transition for Vietnam, which is shifting from a command to a market economy, and from isola
By Deborah Block Washington, DC 14 December 2006 watch Vietnam Memorial Mementos This year marks the 25 anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. Every day, mementos of love and remembrance are left at the wall of the memorial.
By Dan Robinson Washington 09 December 2006 As it nears adjournment for the year, the House of Representatives has approved a legislative trade package that includes a provision establishing Permanent Normal Trade Relations [PNTR] with Vietnam by a