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June 25, 2024 at 11:26 AM

Vietnam's VinFast looks to tiny EV, priced at less than $10,000, to change its fortunes

Vietnamese automaker VinFast has a big problem: It just can’t sell enough cars
June 25, 2024 at 11:26 AM
A car frame is welded by robots at a Vinfast factory in Hai Phong, Vietnam on Sept. 29, 2023. Vietnamese automaker VinFast just can’t sell enough cars, so it's hoping its tiniest and cheapest car yet — a roughly 10-foot-long mini-SUV priced at $9,200 and called the VF3 — will become Vietnam's “national car" and win over consumers in Asian markets. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
June 22, 2024 at 7:58 PM

A U.S. envoy visits Hanoi days after Putin, saying US-Vietnam trust is at 'all-time high'

A senior U.S. diplomat has held talks in Vietnam and said that the trust between the two countries is at an “all-time high,” just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Hanoi
June 22, 2024 at 7:58 PM
FILE - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink speaks in Taguig, Philippines on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. On Saturday, June 22, 2024, the senior U.S. diplomat held talks in Vietnam and said that the trust between the two countries was at an “all time high,” just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Hanoi. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
June 20, 2024 at 5:03 PM

Putin deepens ties with Vietnam amid Russian isolation over Ukraine

Putin's visit to Vietnam is widely seen as aimed at sending a signal that Russia still has friends in the region.
June 20, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Vietnam's President To Lam attend a reception at the Hanoi Opera House in Hanoi, Vietnam June 20, 2024.
June 20, 2024 at 5:02 PM

Putin signs deals with Vietnam in bid to shore up ties in Asia to offset Moscow's growing isolation

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a series of deals with his Vietnamese counterpart during a state visit that comes as Moscow is seeking to bolster ties in Asia to offset its growing international isolation over its military actions in Ukraine
June 20, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, front left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, front right, talk as they walk into the government office in Hanoi, Vietnam Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Luoung Thai Linh/Pool Photo via AP)
2 months ago

Civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen talks being 1st Vietnamese woman in space

Civil rights activist and astronaut Amanda Nguyen speaks to ABC News ahead of her Blue Origin flight to space.
2 months ago
Amanda Nguyen 1st Vietnamese woman in space speaks with Juju Chang on GMA, May 3, 2024.
8 months ago

US and Vietnam strengthen ties almost 50 years after the Vietnam War

ABC News' Selina Wang traveled with President Biden to Vietnam as the two countries boosted diplomatic and economic ties, attempting to close the curtain on the "bitter" legacy of the Vietnam War.
8 months ago
VIDEO: US and Vietnam strengthen ties almost 50 years after the Vietnam War
10 months ago

Biden arrives in Vietnam following G20 summit in India

Vietnam is expected to elevate the U.S. to the highest diplomatic status that it has only given to a handful of countries.
10 months ago
VIDEO: Biden arrives in Vietnam following G20 summit in India
10 months ago

5 things to watch as Biden travels to India for G20, Vietnam to announce partnership

President Joe Biden is scheduled to depart for India and Vietnam Thursday on a trip that includes the Group of 20 summit.
10 months ago
President Joe Biden boards Air Force One for a trip to attend the G20 summit in New Delhi, Sept. 7, 2023, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
2 years ago

Friendship forged in war endures between American and Vietnamese vet

ABC News’ Martha Raddatz spoke with two veterans, one American and one South Vietnamese, who fought together in the Vietnam war, and have remained friends for a half century.
2 years ago
VIDEO: Friendship forged in war endures between American and Vietnamese vet
6 years ago

Scientists call on VA to study toxic exposure in vets, again

Scientists call on lawmakers and the Department of Veterans Affairs to fund a new program to study generational health effects among Gulf War and post-9/11 veterans.
6 years ago
In this file photo marines are in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 23, 1990.
6 years ago

State Department 'deeply concerned' over arrest of US citizen at Vietnam protest

The American who was arrested while protesting in Vietnam has been visited by at least one diplomat since he was taken into custody.
6 years ago
Will Nguyen was detained in Vietnam during a protest on June 10, 2018.