Vietnam is expected to elevate the U.S. to the highest diplomatic status that it has only given to a handful of countries.

President Joe Biden is scheduled to depart for India and Vietnam Thursday on a trip that includes the Group of 20 summit.

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.

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.

The American who was arrested while protesting in Vietnam has been visited by at least one diplomat since he was taken into custody.

Mai Khoi, a singer and advocate for free expression, met the president Tuesday.