Year end party

He congratulated Saysomphone Phomvihane on being re-elected as a Politburo member of the LPRP (11th tenure) and expressed his belief that under the leadership of the new Politburo and the LPRP Central Committee, the Lao people will reap even greater achievements in the process of national construction and defence and successfully realise goals and political tasks set by the Resolution of the 11th Congress of the LPRP. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 20

Sen. Lieut. Gen Nguyen Van Rinh, Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Victims of AO/dioxin (VAVA), said that the war ended 45 years ago but the “AO pains” persist. Hundreds of thousands of victims lost their lives while millions of others suffer from fatal diseases, birth deformities or are in a vegetative state, including their offspring. … [Read more...] about Chemical weapons catastrophe: Resources mobilised to ease Agent Orange pains

Biden's armored black limousine had deposited him at the end of his new street -- Pennsylvania Avenue -- after his swearing in and a visit to Arlington National Cemetery to pay respects to US military war dead. But he popped the surreality of the moment with a quip as he made the short walk to the White House with Jill, followed closely by Vice President Kamala Harris and her family. "It feels like I'm going home," the president told an NBC News reporter, who was among the dozens of journalists recording each step from a grandstand. The sound of military marching bands was still hanging in the air while a group of Secret Service agents in long coats scanned the scene. Until shortly before his arrival, red dump trucks with "God Bless America" emblazoned on their sides served as security barriers to Pennsylvania Avenue. It betrayed the overwhelming security machine for Biden's extraordinary day, including miles of metal barriers, thousands of masked security forces and a … [Read more...] about Going home’: Biden’s surreal walk to the White House