Soldiers killed in vietnam names

Thousands of container trucks come to Hai Phong Port in the eponymous city (2 hours east from Hanoi) every day, and pass through many inner city roads. At the end of the National Highway 5 through Hai Phong City (Nguyen Van Linh and Nguyen Binh Khiem streets), there is frequent and prolonged congestion, adding significantly to traffic risk, felt most acutely by the smallest vehicle on the road, the motorbike. "Every time I drive on this route, I get scared when I have to go next to a line of container trucks," said a local resident. Container trucks and cars freely encroach on all lanes, filling up two to three columns on the entire street that stretches for about 15km from the Hai Phong Port to Hanoi. It leaves the smaller vehicles with very little space. In the afternoons, the route between Hanoi and Hai Phong port is frequently congested with a variety of vehicles – and it is invariably the smallest ones that are shoved aside by the bigger ones encroaching into their … [Read more...] about Container trucks, cars leave motorbike riders insecure in northern Vietnam

Dao Thi Tiec, 85, who lives near the Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi, told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA; German Press Agency) last October that she vividly remembers the day he was captured. It was in 1967, a time when the U.S. had expanded the war to North Vietnam with fierce bombing raids, forcing families like Tiec to send their children to evacuate to the countryside. On October 26, 1967, she heard that an American plane had been shot down and crashed into a nearby power plant. Soldiers and militia quickly captured the pilot who’d ejected and landed in the Truc Bach Lake. Tiec ran outside, right in time to see security forces escorting the American pilot. He looked very tall, she recalled. "I was glad to be able to witness that scene after so many people were killed by American bombs," she said. The American pilot, U.S. Navy Captain John McCain, was imprisoned for more than five years at the Hoa Lo Prison in Hanoi. After he was freed, McCain began his political career at home, … [Read more...] about John McCain, strong supporter of close Vietnam-U.S. ties

Dao Thi Tiec, 85, who lives near the Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi, told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA; German Press Agency) last October that she vividly remembers the day he was captured. It was in 1967, a time when the U.S. had expanded the war to North Vietnam with fierce bombing raids, forcing families like Tiec to send their children to evacuate to the countryside. On October 26, 1967, she heard that an American plane had been shot down and crashed into a nearby power plant. Soldiers and militia quickly captured the pilot who’d ejected and landed in the Truc Bach Lake. Tiec ran outside, right in time to see security forces escorting the American pilot. He looked very tall, she recalled. "I was glad to be able to witness that scene after so many people were killed by American bombs," she said. The American pilot, U.S. Navy Captain John McCain, was imprisoned for more than five years at the Hoa Lo Prison in Hanoi. After he was freed, McCain began his political career at home, … [Read more...] about John McCain, a strong supporter of normalizing Vietnam-U.S. ties