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  • The Little-Known Role of the Soviet Union in the Vietnam War ["roughly 3,000 Soviet soldiers served." "Soviet Union provided the vast majority of the military and economic aid']

    03/02/2023 5:14:13 AM PST · by daniel1212 · 26 replies
    Medium.com ^ | Oct 22, 2021 | Paul Combs
    What is almost never mentioned is the role the Soviet Union played in helping North Vietnam...and the mistaken belief of most people that they never played an active part at all.... Starting in 1964, North Vietnamese fighter pilots and anti-aircraft gunners were being trained in the Soviet Union, with Soviet advisors also being stationed in North Vietnam... Soviet archives opened after the fall of the USSR indicate that these anti-aircraft crews, mainly Ukrainian, served for much of the war... Early on, when the North Vietnamese troops were still unfamiliar with the new Soviet anti-aircraft batteries, Soviet crews manned the guns...
  • VinFast slashes lease prices for first U.S. buyers, to deliver first EVs March 1

    02/27/2023 6:24:21 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 14 replies
    Reuters via Yahoo ^ | February 27, 2023 | by Phuong Nguyen
    HANOI, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast has cut the lease price for its first model shipped to the United States by more than 50% for its first customers in California, with delivery starting this week, according to the company and emails to customers reviewed by Reuters. VinFast, a subsidiary of conglomerate Vingroup JSC, had said in January its first VF8 all-electric crossovers would be available to lease at a monthly payment of $599 for 24 months. Its website showed as of Monday a monthly lease price of $399 for the vehicle for a 24-month lease. VinFast...
  • 1969: The peasants of Thanh Phong (allegedly)

    02/25/2023 7:59:23 PM PST · by CheshireTheCat · 2 replies
    ExecutedToday.com ^ | February 25, 2013 | Headsman
    Late this night in 1969, a platoon of seven Navy SEALs slipped into the Mekong Delta village of Thanh Phong.* At their head was a 25-year-old lieutenant, the future United States Senator Bob Kerrey. Thanh Phong was reportedly an official U.S. Army free fire zone. That meant that any Vietnamese civilians within it were presumptively enemies and could be slain at will — according to the U.S. Army, if not to any recognizable law of war. In Thanh Phong, they were slain. Nearly every single person in the town. Gregory Vistica’s disturbing investigation brought this story to wide public attention...
  • Nolte: We Should Accept Jane Fonda’s Apology About Vietnam

    After numerous apologies over four decades, it’s time to let Hanoi Jane Fonda off the hook for Vietnam. The Oscar-winning actress apologized for being used as propaganda for North Vietnam when we were still fighting North Vietnam. I will tell you right now that half the problems in this country stem from refusals to accept apologies. All of America’s manufactured racial problems come down to a group of leftists (of all colors) who refuse to forgive and move on when it comes to slavery and Jim Crow. It’s not enough that hundreds of thousands of white Americans died to settle...
  • Rich nations pledged to pay for climate damages. Where’s the money?

    02/02/2023 6:09:19 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 18 replies
    The Washington Post via MSN ^ | February 2, 2023 | by Steven Mufson
    There were high hopes in November when a global climate summit in Egypt adjourned with the creation of a fund to help poor countries cope with the ravages of global warming. But less than three months later, there are few signs that the United States and other wealthy nations will step up to bankroll the much-hyped fund. That’s why U.S. climate negotiator John F. Kerry said he had a succinct answer last month — at the Davos international economic conference — when he was asked about what he needed. “Money, money, money, money,” Kerry recalls saying. “It’s what we need,”...
  • Jane Fonda says climate crisis can be blamed on racism: ‘Where would they put the sh—? Not Bel Air.’

    01/27/2023 11:49:42 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 85 replies
    MarketWatch ^ | January 27, 2023 | By Rachel Koning Beals
    Actress, writer and activist Jane Fonda, whose protests have landed her in jail more than once, blamed the worst of climate change on racism during an interview to promote her new movie on “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” Fonda appeared with her “80 for Brady” co-stars Lily Tomlin, Rita Moreno and Sally Field. “Well, you know, you can take anything — sexism, racism, misogyny, homophobia, whatever, the war,” Fonda said. “And if you really get into it, and study it and learn about it and the history of it, everything’s connected. There’d be no climate crisis if it wasn’t for racism.”...
  • Ike Was Right: The Military-Industrial Complex Has Become a Serious Problem

    01/26/2023 8:22:13 AM PST · by george76 · 27 replies
    PJ Media ^ | JANUARY 25, 2023 | KEVIN DOWNEY JR
    In his last few days as President, Dwight D. Eisenhower gave a televised speech in which he warned the nation about the dangers of .. the “military-industrial complex” (MIC). ... Eisenhower wisely delivered his speech warning the nation about the MIC when he was leaving office .. not wanting to anger the CIA. ... written for Facui. Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the...
  • Vietnam’s President Nguyen Xuan Phuc ousted over corruption scandals

    01/17/2023 10:41:49 AM PST · by Right Wing Vegan · 36 replies
    Radi Free Asia ^ | 1/17/2023 | RFA Staff
    The Communist Party of Vietnam has forced President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to resign to take responsibility for COVID-19 bribery scandals that took place during his term, state media reported Tuesday. The party’s Central Committee decided to relieve him of all duties, including membership of the Politburo and Party Central Committee, and chairmanship of the National Defense and Security Council for the 2021-2026 term, VietNamNews said. The Central Committee commended Phuc for leading Vietnam’s efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic in the final years of his 2016-2021 term as prime minister, according to state media. However, members said he needed to...
  • Column: What I learned about myself at the Richard M. Nixon museum

    01/17/2023 1:23:26 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 37 replies
    latimes ^ | 01/16/2023 | NICHOLAS GOLDBERG
    In the house where I grew up, President Nixon was a villain. My parents voted against him every opportunity they got, and we all cheered when he resigned during his second term, flying off in ignominy from the White House lawn to a life outside the public eye. That he was a criminal, a warmonger, a bigot, a vicious redbaiter, a threat to the Constitution — these were unquestionable truths. So for me, a recent visit to the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda was a head-turning, mind-bending experience that challenged my assumptions and forced me...
  • Giant Legs of Vietnam's 'Dragon Chicken' a Lunar New Year Delicacy

    01/17/2023 1:27:10 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 24 replies
    Channel News Asia ^ | 17 Jan 2023
    On a farm close to Hanoi, Le Van Hien picks out the best bird among his flock of "dragon chickens" - a breed with legs as thick as a brick that can fetch up to US$2,000 a head. The lumpy legs of the Dong Tao chicken - named after the commune where it is bred in northern Vietnam - are considered a delicacy, and are particularly popular among the wealthy during the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, known as Tet. Hien's prized 4kg bird, whose enormous legs make up around a fifth of its body weight, was sold for about US$150...
  • U.S. climate envoy Kerry outlines carbon offset initiative for developing nations

    01/15/2023 5:23:03 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 40 replies
    Reuters via MSN ^ | January 15, 2023 | by Rachna Uppal and Ghaida Ghantous
    ABU DHABI (Reuters) - U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on Sunday outlined core principles for a "high-integrity" carbon offset plan meant to help developing nations speed their energy transition, and next steps including establishing a consultative group. The Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA), first announced at last year's COP27 climate conference, is being developed by the United States with the Bezos Earth Fund and the Rockefeller Foundation to mobilise private capital. Kerry told the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi the aim was to create bankable deals to accelerate reduction of emissions, stressing that the ETA was not a...
  • Commentary: Vietnam Makes a Model Recovery From COVID-19

    12/28/2022 1:01:40 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 9 replies
    Channel News Asia ^ | 28 Dec 2022 | Edmund Malesky
    US tariffs and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s zero-COVID policy have made it more difficult to do business in China. But prior reform efforts helped Vietnam take advantage of turns in international politics, says this Duke University professor.Vietnam’s policymakers can congratulate themselves on a stellar economic performance in 2022. The country will conclude the year as the best-performing economy in Asia, largely due to its ability to attract foreign investment relocating from China. As other emerging markets seek to recover from the damage wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, many leaders are looking to emulate Vietnam’s model. While it is tempting to...
  • How a refugee from Vietnam ignited the sriracha phenomenon in America

    12/11/2022 12:37:49 PM PST · by DFG · 39 replies
    Yahoo ^ | 12/11/2022 | Yoonji Han
    From beer and beef jerky to donuts and everything at Pizza Hut, sriracha has become a culinary mainstay of America. The story of how the hot sauce came to the country is also one of immigration. One of the earliest records of sriracha dates back to 1949, when a woman in Thailand made a chili sauce using chili peppers, vinegar, sugar, salt, and garlic. She named it after the small seaside town she lived in, Si Racha. But sriracha in its most ubiquitous form — a plastic bottle filled with chili sauce and topped with a green cap — was...
  • John Kerry says taxpayer support for climate change would be 'great'

    12/09/2022 5:06:54 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 23 replies
    Washington Examiner via MSN ^ | December 9, 2022 | by Misty Severi
    U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said it would "be great" if U.S. taxpayers would contribute financially to climate change but other countries will need to do their part to prevent cataclysmic consequences worldwide. During an event in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Kerry told Washington Post editor Sally Buzbee that the United States was already the biggest humanitarian donor in the world but that more needed to be done globally to combat climate change after Buzbee asked whether taxpayer money would be necessary. "It'd be great if there was some — I mean, the United States of America is probably the...
  • Commentary: Singapore’s S$1.2m Rhino Horn Seizure Another Reminder of Need to Combat Wildlife Trafficking

    11/28/2022 3:56:14 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 8 replies
    Channel NewsAsia ^ | 29 Nov 2022
    Immense challenges face law enforcement authorities amid continued demand for rhino horns, says WWF-Singapore’s Uma Sachidhanandam.It was sobering when I first heard of Singapore’s largest seizure of rhino horns last month - weighing in at about 34kg with an estimated price tag of S$1.2 million. The rhino horns were found in the transit baggage of a passenger travelling from South Africa to the Lao People's Democratic Republic through Singapore. It was also a reminder of another case two years earlier, where a South African man was sentenced to 17 months’ jail for trying to smuggle about 22kg of white rhino...
  • U.N. summit marks the latest hurdle in John F. Kerry’s long climate crusade

    11/22/2022 6:34:22 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 14 replies
    The Washington Post via MSN ^ | November 21, 2022 | by Timothy Puko, Steven Mufson
    SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — The lights were literally going out on this year’s U.N. Climate Change Conference in Egypt as weary negotiators engaged in the final hours of heated, middle-of-the-night bargaining. Yet one of the summit’s most powerful diplomats had to work the phones from afar, isolated in his hotel room after contracting covid-19. It was hardly the first time U.S. special climate envoy John F. Kerry, 78, has been tripped up in trying to exert U.S. environmental leadership. The former secretary of state is the face of the U.S. government’s response to climate change, but his résumé of accomplishments...
  • John Kerry tests positive for covid as UN climate talks slow

    11/18/2022 12:33:14 PM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 56 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | November 18, 2022 | By SETH BORENSTEIN, KELVIN CHAN and PETER PRENGAMAN
    SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry has tested positive for COVID-19 at the U.N. climate talks in Egypt, a spokeswoman said late Friday night, the latest setback for what appeared to be stalled negotiations that were already going into overtime. Kerry’s illness was sure to add to worries about the speed of negotiations, which were scheduled to end Friday but are continuing with no clear end in sight.
  • US forces now on the ground in Ukraine

    11/02/2022 6:48:14 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 101 replies
    American Military News ^ | 11/1/22 | Ryan Morgan
    U.S. military personnel are now on the ground in Ukraine, keeping track of and inspecting weapons the U.S. has shipped to Ukrainian forces, a senior defense official announced during a Pentagon background briefing on Monday. These U.S. personnel are some of the first the Pentagon has acknowledged have entered Ukraine since Russia launched its large scale invasion of the country in February. The senior defense official who spoke on background during an official Pentagon event, said, “U.S. personnel have recently resumed on-site inspections to assess weapon stocks in country whenever and wherever the security conditions allow.” The official said “the...
  • US military now doing onsite weapons inspections in Ukraine

    11/01/2022 12:19:45 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 42 replies
    yahoo ^ | 10-31-22 | Lolita C. Baldor
    A small number of U.S. military forces inside Ukraine have recently begun doing onsite inspections to ensure that Ukrainian troops are properly accounting for the Western-provided weapons they receive, a senior U.S. defense official told Pentagon reporters Monday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide a military update, would not say where the inspections are taking place or how close to the battlefronts the U.S. troops are getting. The official said U.S. personnel can’t do inspections “close to the front lines,” but said they are going where security conditions allow.
  • Vietnam's White House' Nuns Mark Return to Hanoi

    11/01/2022 7:29:08 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 2 replies
    UCANews ^ | 10/20/22
    Special Mass celebrates 10th anniversary of the restoration of St. Paul de Chartres Hanoi province St. Paul de Chartres nuns in Vietnam's capital, who had to leave for other places due to wars, recently celebrated the anniversary of the re-establishment of their province. On Oct. 17, Singapore-based Archbishop Marek Zalewski, non-resident representative of the Holy See to Vietnam, presided at a special Mass to mark the 10th anniversary of restoring St. Paul de Chartres Hanoi province at their mother house in downtown Hanoi. Present at the celebration attended by hundreds of people were Archbishops Joseph Vu Van Thien of Hanoi...