U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing was assigned to the 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron during the Vietnam War.

Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing during the Vietnam War nearly 60 years ago.The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday that its scientists in December positively identified the remains of U.

Although minor in size, the battle at Firebase Maureen was nonetheless major in ferocity — enough to produce two Medal of Honor recipients.

Vietnam police said they had arrested five people and smashed a money-laundering ring that brought $1.2 billion of criminal cash into the country from abroad.

In commemoration of the final end of the Vietnam War and the fall of Saigon, Apple TV+ will premiere a new documentary that looks at the war, its impact back in the United States and in Vietnam, all told by the veterans and civilians who lived it.

In a darkened forest of central Vietnam, a 2-foot-long creature with “enlarged” teeth climbed through a tree. Its “secretive” lifestyle made it “uncommon” to see, and, when occasionally found, its appearance caused it to be misidentified. But it turned out to be a new species.

The country’s nuclear ambition hinges on its leaders’ ability to overcome infrastructure bottlenecks and carry the anti-corruption campaign forward.

Steve Bannon warned his former boss, President-elect Donald Trump, against being pulled into an unwinnable war in Ukraine like Richard Nixon in Vietnam.

Vietnam Maritime Corp., undaunted by potential tariffs from the incoming Trump administration that risk crimping the nation’s trade, forecasts revenue to more than triple in the next decade, General Director Nguyen Canh Tinh said.

Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) said the central bank has directed it to take over weaker lender Global Petro Sole Member Limited Commercial Bank (GPBank) as part of a drive to restructure of the banking system and tackle bad debt.

Russia will facilitate Vietnam’s participation in the BRICS bloc of developing economies as a “partner country.”

Lt. Col. Donald Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during a night mission when his plane disappeared in a fireball.