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- Beautiful, silvery ‘mouse deer’ rediscovered in Vietnam after no sightings for almost 30yrsA small, deer-like animal thought to have been extinct has been spotted for the first time in three decades in the northwestern jungle of Vietnam, providing hope that reports of the animal’s demise may have been overstated.
- Pentagon claims China ‘bullying’ Vietnam & ‘violating rules-based international order’
The Pentagon has accused China of “coercive interference” with Vietnamese oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea, saying that such “bullying tactics” are violating international rules and norms in the Indo-Pacific region. - Vietnam calls in Russian experts to help preserve Ho Chi Minh’s bodyVietnam has called on the expertise of four Russian scientists to help preserve the embalmed body of former Communist leader Ho Chi Minh.
- ‘Doctors helped me survive; God helped me live on’: Napalm girl on life since iconic photoThe photo of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl naked after napalm burned her clothes is one of the world’s most famous images. RT spoke to the ‘napalm girl’ about what it took for her to make it through and become the woman she is now.
- ‘Where is justice?’ Vietnam demands Monsanto pay victims of US Agent Orange chemical warfareVietnam is again seeking justice for the victims of Agent Orange, inspired by the multimillion-dollar verdicts against Monsanto in California. The biotech firm had supplied the US military with the chemical during the Vietnam War.
- Vietnam enshrines EMBALMED sacred turtle in communist-style mausoleumA giant turtle will join Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam’s pantheon of embalmed national heroes, forever preserved at the legendary site where a heroic 15th century emperor is said to have returned a divine sword to a turtle god.
- Kim Jong-un’s interpreter crowned internet hero after viral train sprint (VIDEO)The arrival of North Korea’s leader in Vietnam has not been without its share of hiccups and snafus, with at least one viral star already born thanks to some miscommunication between the Supreme leader’s handlers.
- Vietnam threatens to deport Kim & Trump lookalikes, bans public stunts ahead of US-N. Korea talksA Kim Jong-un lookalike who recently wandered around Hanoi with a Trump impersonator says Vietnam has demanded that he stop performing stunts that may cause “disturbances” ahead of an upcoming US-North Korea summit.
- Trump and Kim pretenders promise peace as they turn heads in Vietnam (VIDEO)US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un promised peace after meeting in Vietnam on Friday. Well, at least their lookalikes make that pledge.
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