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  • SCS: Old battleground, new twist: Old battleground, new twist

    03/16/2024 9:28:24 PM PDT · by Jyotishi · 3 replies
    The Pioneer ^ | Sunday, March 17, 2024 | Makhan Saikia
    The South China Sea has once again become a focal point of international attention following sudden clashes between coast guard vessels of the Philippines and China. As tensions rise, the involvement of global powers like the US and Japan adds further complexity to the situation, potentially pushing more nations to align against Beijing. Amid these escalating tensions, it becomes imperative for China to reconsider its assertive stance and respect the existing global order to avoid further international backlash The South China Sea (SCS) has once again come into focus following sudden skirmishes between the coast guard vessels of the Philippines...
  • Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 MH370: Australia offers Malaysia support for new search on 10-year anniversary

    03/08/2024 5:32:58 AM PST · by V_TWIN · 8 replies
    theguardian.com ^ | Thu 7 Mar 2024
    Australia has offered the Malaysian government support for a renewed search for the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, on the 10-year anniversary of the aircraft’s disappearance. On Friday, Australia’s foreign minister, Penny Wong, and transport minister, Catherine King, said the government’s “sincere sympathies” remained with the loved ones of those who were onboard. “Despite coordinated efforts to locate the missing plane over the last decade, those who lost loved ones have not had the answers they seek. We recognise their ongoing heartache and grief,” the ministers said in a statement. “Australia coordinated what was one of the biggest search...
  • Legendary Marine Scout Sniper Chuck Mawhinney dies at age 75

    02/16/2024 5:08:00 AM PST · by nuconvert · 15 replies
    MSN ^ | 2-15-24
    Legendary U.S. Marine Corps Scout Sniper Charles Benjamin “Chuck” Mawhinney died at the age of 75 after an incredible life, both in the military and after. Mawhinney is famous for over 100 confirmed kills as a sniper in Vietnam. “I’m just a simple person, and in Vietnam, I was just doing my job.” Mawhinney once said. His famous quote represents just how humble he was. Mawhinney worked for the U.S. Forest Service after his time in the Marines, retiring after 27 years, and for most of his life, no one knew just how legendary he was.
  • Conor MacNessa - Final Goodbye

    01/28/2024 6:59:51 PM PST · by AbnSarge · 51 replies
    Conor MacNessa (Tom Mitchell) will be laid to his final rest at Arlington National Cemetery April 10. Unfortunately it takes that long to be scheduled with full appropriate honors. I will be there, and invite any Freepers in the DC/VA/MD area who may have known and respected Tom to participate. PM me for more details. God love Tom, God Bless and comfort his family, and God Bless you all. 'Til Valhallah, Brother
  • The Eugene Stoner Tapes - Part 2: Problems with the M16 in Vietnam and the M16A2

    01/16/2024 5:18:49 PM PST · by Chode · 29 replies
    This video is one of many in a series created from an interview conducted by Edward C. Ezell with Eugene Stoner in 1988 at ARES Inc. in Port Clinton, Ohio. All the footage is courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives. All I have done is cut some of the waiting time between tapes out and tried to fix the audio. Otherwise, what you are seeing is entirely unadulterated. Feel free to ask any questions about the various topics of the video in the comments. I will do my best to answer them.
  • The Hong Kong Protesters Aren’t Driven by Hope “We might as well go down fighting.”

    11/16/2019 11:57:31 PM PST · by Zhang Fei · 49 replies
    The Atlantic ^ | November 12, 2019 | Zeynep Tufekci
    HONG KONG—For months now, I’ve been told that Hong Kong’s protests would end soon. They’ll end when school starts, I heard during the summer. School did start, but the protests wore on, only now I saw high-school students in crisp school uniforms joining the protesters’ ranks. Next, the mask ban of early October was supposed to slow protesters down, but the very first day after that ban, I watched streams of protesters in masks and helmets make their way to their usual haunts on Hong Kong Island. The government shut down many of the subway lines that day, a practice...
  • VinFast To Unveil Tiny VF 3 EV And Mystery Concept At CES

    12/28/2023 12:14:24 PM PST · by cba123 · 21 replies
    Carscoops ^ | Brad Anderson
    VinFast will unveil the entry-level VF 3 SUV at January’s CES 2024 event in Las Vegas, together with a new concept. … VinFast recently revealed that U.S. dealers have expressed plenty of interest in the VF 3, in part because it could hit the market for less than $20,000 and that’s before the $7,500 EV tax credit when leased. CES will be the first time that Americans can see the VF 3 in the flesh. It is just 122.5 inches (3,114 mm) long and while it only has two doors, it claims it has enough interior space for five occupants....
  • For the Vietnam vets who never dreamed they would be here on Christmas Day 2023

    12/25/2023 10:04:17 AM PST · by ansel12 · 41 replies
    I think that some of our members were somewhere in Vietnam 50 plus years ago and couldn't imagine where they would be in this 21st century year of 2023, on Christmas Day. CCR - Run Through The Jungle (Vietnam footage) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3tvaSSJoyI
  • Airline passenger accused of stealing $23K in cash from fellow travelers during flight

    12/21/2023 11:08:57 AM PST · by george76 · 8 replies
    New York Post ^ | Dec. 20, 2023, | Snejana Farberov
    An airline passenger has been accused of swiping $23,000 in cash from carry-on luggage belonging to his fellow travelers during a short flight from Vietnam to Singapore. Zhang Xiuqiang, a 52-year-old Chinese national, was arrested at Changi Airport Saturday and slapped with three theft counts on suspicion of ransacking the bags of three passengers. The suspect and victims were traveling from Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore aboard a flight operated by Scoot Airline, the low-budget subsidiary of Singapore Airlines. During the two-hour flight, Zhang pilfered about $123 from one passenger’s backpack and helped himself to nearly $21,000 that he...
  • Vingroup’s Chairman donates a battery company to VinFast

    12/09/2023 8:41:49 PM PST · by cba123 · 10 replies
    VinFast ^ | October 11, 2023
    Vingroup’s Chairman, Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong, announces that he will donate 99.8 percent of VinES Energy Solutions Joint Stock Company’s shares to VinFast. The merger is designed to enhance VinFast’s self-sufficiency in battery technology and its production chain, while increasing its competitive edge in the ever-growing electric vehicle market.
  • Henry Kissinger was a colossus who bestrode a century

    12/01/2023 9:31:15 AM PST · by Ennis85 · 17 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 30th November 2023 | Niall Ferguson
    Henry Kissinger, who died on Wednesday night at the age of 100, was the most enduringly influential secretary of state in the history of the United States. He was also the most controversial. But the influence matters far more than the controversy. His critics have wasted no time in ignoring the old injunction that no ill should be spoken of the recently deceased. The scurrilous magazine Rolling Stone led with the repulsive headline 'Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America's Ruling Class, Finally Dies'. At a time when anti-Semitism has again reared its ugly head in the wake of the...
  • Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state whose complicated legacy shaped decades of U.S. policy, dies at 100

    11/29/2023 6:25:47 PM PST · by Beave Meister · 40 replies
    NBC News.com ^ | 11/29/2023 | Daniel Arkin and Alexander Smith
    Henry Kissinger, the toweringly influential former secretary of state who earned a reputation as a sagacious diplomat but drew international condemnation and accusations of war crimes for his key role in widening the American presence in Vietnam and the U.S. bombing of Cambodia, died Wednesday. He was 100. Kissinger, a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany, reached the pinnacle of the American political establishment and in turn became an unlikely household name. He was secretary of state and national security adviser under two Republican presidents, Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, and advised powerful leaders in both American political parties for decades.
  • Man Who Suffered Headaches for 5 Months learns He Had Chopsticks Stuck in His Brain

    11/28/2023 2:47:53 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 28 replies
    New York Post ^ | Nov. 28, 2023 | Ben Cost
    He couldn’t get chopsticks out of his head — and we’re not talking about the piano tune. A man in Vietnam who had experienced severe headaches for five months was flabbergasted after discovering that he had a pair of chopsticks lodged in his skull. The unnamed 35-year-old patient had reported to the Cuba Friendship Hospital in Dong Hoi on November 25th after suffering from the aforementioned headaches as well as fluid discharge and fluid loss, The Metro reported. There, doctors conducted CT scans, which revealed that the man was suffering from tension pneumocephalus, a rare but potentially life-threatening neurological condition...
  • Vietnam Veterans: Wall of Faces Tribute Page

    11/20/2023 6:14:36 AM PST · by Jane Long · 19 replies
    Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund ^ | 11/20/23 | VVMF.org
    The virtual Wall of Faces features a page dedicated to honoring and remembering every person whose name is inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.In an effort to further preserve the legacy of those who sacrificed all in Vietnam, VVMF is committed to finding a photo to go with each of the more than 58,000 names on The Wall. The Wall of Faces allows family and friends to share memories, post pictures and connect with each other.
  • The Lingering Myths of 1968 = The Year that Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968

    11/19/2023 3:59:10 AM PST · by Chad C. Mulligan · 36 replies
    Free Beacon ^ | November 19, 2023 | Andrew Ferguson
    Just in case you were thinking of giving it a try, be warned: Nobody will be able to write a competent history of 20th-century American politics without absorbing the themes and revelations in the new book by Luke Nichter, The Year that Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968. A history professor at Chapman University and the biographer of Henry Cabot Lodge, among others, Nichter is widely understood and rightly admired as a tireless researcher—though "tireless" doesn’t quite cover it: In his quest to transcribe most of the hopelessly garbled and obscure audio tapes left behind...
  • VinFast Received 70 Dealer Applications Across U.S., With Plans to Expand to 125 Locations Nationwide

    11/12/2023 10:27:40 PM PST · by cba123 · 38 replies
    Yahoo ^ | Sat, November 11, 2023 at 3:58 AM GMT+7
    VinFast Auto Ltd. (the "Company" or "VinFast") (NASDAQ: VFS) today at Electrify Expo 2023, announced its aggressive plans for expansion across the U.S. with more than 70 dealer applications in hand. Updates on dealer agreements are expected to be announced in the coming months, which should allow VinFast to start distributing its EVs through 125 points of sales nationwide. This is a step forward affirming VinFast's commitment to expanding its business network and quickly making electric vehicles accessible to more consumers. The Company is planning to distribute its electric vehicle models at hundreds of points of sales by the end...
  • VinFast VF3 poised for the US spotlight

    11/05/2023 9:56:35 PM PST · by cba123 · 38 replies
    YouTube ^ | One week ago | Franz
    Link to another article, on the VinFast 3, which may be heading to America in one year. Cheap.
  • Dutch firms eye chips making in Vietnam amid China tensions

    11/02/2023 11:15:59 PM PDT · by cba123 · 22 replies
    Reuters/Yahoo ^ | Thu, November 2, 2023 at 5:46 PM GMT+7 | Francesco Guarascio
    HANOI (Reuters) - Dutch semiconductor companies and suppliers are planning manufacturing investments in Vietnam, top officials told Reuters on Thursday during a business mission to Hanoi led by outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Initial known investments are not large, but signal a shift to reduce reliance on China as a hub for exports amid increasing trade tensions between Beijing and the West which have curbed the Netherlands' sales of the most advanced chips to China. Roughly a dozen of the nearly 30 businesses that accompanied Rutte were representatives of chips companies or suppliers of semiconductor firms, according to the delegation's...
  • 1963: Ngo Dinh Diem

    11/02/2023 11:31:11 AM PDT · by CheshireTheCat · 28 replies
    ExecutedToday.com ^ | November 2nd, 2007 | Headsman
    On this date in 1963, Ngo Dinh Diem, the first president of South Vietnam, was executed in the back of an armored personnel carrier along with his younger brother and secret police chief, Ngo Dinh Nhu, the day after their government had been overthrown in a military coup. Born into the Buddhist country’s Catholic elite, Diem was brought up as a French colonial administrator but fled Vietnam in 1950 under a death sentence from Ho Chi Minh’s nascent Vietminh. Over several years living and lecturing in the United States, he established his anti-communist bona fides with influential conservatives and was...
  • Ultra Cheap VinFast VF3 Mini EV Considered For U.S. Lineup: Report [Vietnamese]

    10/31/2023 10:36:15 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 34 replies
    Inside EVs ^ | https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/koBQEe/s3/2025-vinfast-vf3-exterior-front-quarter-view.webp | By: Dan Mihalascu
    The sub-$20,000 tiny EV could have potential for the U.S. as a city car targeting budget-minded Americans, VinFast adviser says. Vietnamese automaker VinFast is reportedly considering adding a fifth vehicle to its planned U.S. lineup, and it's a very unlikely choice – the VF3 mini crossover. Designed for the Vietnamese market, the VinFast VF3 could have potential for the U.S. market as a sub-$20,000 city car targeting budget-minded Americans, VinFast representatives told Automotive News. First shown in June, the VinFast VF3 is a boxy, high-riding two-door vehicle that measures just 122.6 inches in length, making it some 10 inches shorter...