In 1954, the French were finally defeated by the Viet Minh at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. The French had tried to block a communist supply line and set up a defensive system at an army base in ...

This defeat was formalised in the Geneva Agreement and temporarily separated Vietnam into two zones: a northern zone to be governed by the Viet Minh, and a southern zone to be governed by an anti ...

Vietnam is rewriting its economic playbook through bold political reforms, technological investment and strategic diplomacy — ...

Vietnam's trade surplus with the U.S. soared to a record high last year, U.S. data released on Wednesday showed, potentially ...

Vietnam's birth rate sank to a record ... level of 2.1 — and it's happening against the background of a booming economy. The country's population currently hovers around 100 million people.