Vietnam

Protesters turn out for Chinese president's visit

2013-06-08 18:30:00

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- On the grassy patch across from the desert resort here where the Chinese president stayed during his visit, demonstrators representing various causes endured scorching heat Saturday in the hope of sending a message to the Chinese...

It's 110 degrees, but anti-Xi protesters gather in Rancho Mirage

2013-06-07 15:11:00

RANCHO MIRAGE – Protesters gathered Friday afternoon near the Sunnylands estate, hours before President Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to arrive for an informal summit. The Falun Gong spiritual movement, which has been banned...

In a disputed reef, Philippines sees face of Chinese domination

2013-05-14 18:43:00

MASINLOC, Philippines — The fishermen were sailing the azure waters off the Philippine coast when Richard Caneda saw the morning sunlight glinting off a vessel "bigger than the biggest ship in the Philippine navy." Caneda could see a red Chinese...

Father, son sentenced to prison for rhino horn trafficking

2013-05-15 16:52:00

Saying she wanted to send a message against the “extremely serious” crime of trafficking in rhinoceros horns, a federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a father and son to nearly four years in prison for selling hundreds of pounds of horns highly...

Veterans home-loan bond money going untapped

2013-05-14 18:41:00

SACRAMENTO — In the last century, Californians have said yes to every request for money to help veterans buy homes. Since 2000, they have signed off on $1.4 billion in bonds for that purpose. But most of that money remains untapped. In fact, the...

Letters: Vietnam today

2013-05-08 00:00:00

Re "The Vietnam syndrome," Opinion, May 5 Frank Snepp, a former CIA analyst who was in Vietnam during the fall of Saigon in 1975, worries that we may not have learned the lessons of our war in that country. He may have missed the most important lesson....

Letters: Mistreating those who serve

2013-05-08 00:00:00

Re "Reward for combat duty: loss of jobs," May 6 I'm glad The Times is naming names. The companies that failed to protect the jobs of those serving the country need public shaming so we'll know which companies not to patronize. The excuse that the law...

Review: 'The Sapphires' plays like a good-time jukebox musical

2013-03-21 17:41:00

Some diversions invite comparison more readily than others. Take "The Sapphires," the most chipper film ever set in Vietnam. Already many have taken it, and liked it. If you enjoyed "Strictly Ballroom" or "The Commitments," which is to say if you fell...

Vietnam: Metropole offering tours of rediscovered wartime bunker

2013-04-23 07:45:00

The Metropole, Hanoi’s legendary colonial hotel built in 1901, is offering four daily tours to its recently reopened underground concrete bunker where guests, staff and anti-war activists such as Joan Baez and Jane Fonda sought safety from U.S air...

Letters: Jonathan Winters, comic genius

2013-04-16 00:00:00

Re "Comic had ark of characters," Obituary, April 13 I first met Jonathan Winters in 1967 in Vietnam. Not many Hollywood people did USO visits to our remote location. We never hosted the Bob Hope-type entertainers. Winters was brilliant. Before the...

Vietnam jails farmer who fought eviction -- and one of his foes

2013-04-11 04:00:00

When the government came for his land, Doan Van Vuon fought back --� first with the law, then with a shotgun. The fish farmer used rifles and explosives to battle police and soldiers seizing his converted swampland, injuring several officers in the...

As Kentucky Derby nears, these two already have won

2013-05-01 17:15:00

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As the Kentucky Derby approaches, consider Dennis O'Neill and Tom Knust as Twin Spires for racehorse Goldencents. The backstretch barns at Churchill Downs were celebrity central Wednesday morning, led by the current biggest...

Veterans Edward Salvatore and James Tobits salute during Memorial Day ceremonies dedicated to Vietnam veterans in Middletown. Salvatore served in Vietnam, Tobits, 94, served during WWII.

2013-05-27 00:00:00

Young Lt. John Cawood with some younger friends in Vietnam.

2013-05-25 16:07:00

Visitors crowd the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington as the country marks Memorial Day weekend.

2013-05-25 00:00:00