Da Nang, US Veterans Unite for Peace and Post-War Healing Initiatives
09:59 | 08/09/2024
The Da Nang Union of Friendship Organizations and the Vietnam-US Friendship Association in Da Nang welcomed a delegation of US veterans and their families, who were former US marines on September 5.
US Veterans Help Children of Quang Tri to Go to School
11:58 | 15/07/2024
Once participating in the war in Vietnam, American veterans return to old battlefields to perform humane acts to make amends with all sincerity. With the "Bicycles for Education" program, for many years Veterans For Peace Chapter 160 (VFP 160) has helped hundreds of disadvantaged students in Quang Tri alleviate their worries on the way to school.
Veterans Organize Activites to Strengthen Viet-American Friendship
10:36 | 01/04/2024
On March 28 in Hanoi, Party Committee member, Head of the Personnel Organization Committee, Head of the Vietnam Institute for International and Public Diplomacy Studies (Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations) Dong Huy Cuong received the delegation of the "Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States" (VFW). The two sides discussed cooperation potentials in various fields.
US Veteran Use Painting to Heal War Wounds
09:21 | 26/06/2023
As an American painter and veteran, David Thomas's artwork reflects on the war. Despite the grim subject matter, his art acts as a bridge between Viet and American cultures.
American Veterans Assist in Searching for Remains of Vietnamese Martyrs
08:52 | 23/05/2023
Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) is innovating its communication network, using social networks and collaborating with other veteran organizations to inform Americans about their projects, helping them to search for remains of martyrs and collect their documents and memorabilia.
Sister of Slain American Soldier Learns Forgiveness, Peace in Vietnam
16:50 | 05/05/2023
Susan Warner-Bean, sister of David Howard Warner, a US Marine who died in Hue in the battle of Mau Than Uprising (1968), talked about how her family overcame pain and opened their hearts to foster peace.
US Veteran Returns Martyr’s Diary to Family
14:24 | 06/03/2023
A 77-year-old US veteran and his wife returned diary of a Vietnamese martyr after 56 years of keeping it.
PeaceTrees Vietnam and VUFO Work to Enhance Vietnam - US People-to-people Relations
21:38 | 05/01/2023
On January 4, in Hanoi, Vietnam - US Society (VUS) met with PeaceTrees Vietnam (PTVN) delegation led by Jerilyn Brusseau, PTVN's Co-Founder and President. Bui The Giang, VUS Vice President, and Bui Van Nghi, Head of VUFO's Americas Department, VUS General Secretary hosted the delegation.
Operation Jingle Bells: American Veteran Reflects On His Vietnamese Christmases
08:00 | 23/12/2022
Matthew Keenan, who once celebrated Christmas on an American military base during wartime, now celebrates the holidays with his Vietnamese friends and family.
Veterans and Young People Play Key Role in Boosting US-Vietnam Relations: US Ambassador
12:48 | 04/07/2022
In an interview with the Vietnam Times about the United States - Vietnam's people-to-people relations, US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper said veterans and young generations were important forces to enhance the bilateral friendship in the past, present, and future.
Interview with To Nam: We Do Not Forget the Past but We Cooperate for Better Future
15:02 | 28/06/2022
To Nam, a Vietnamese veteran and President of Da Nang Association of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin shares his thoughts about the contribution of US veterans to Agent Orange victims and the Vietnamese people's attitude towards their former foes who now come back to reconcile.
Interview with Matthew Keenan: I Want to Go to Vietnam, That is Where it Happened
00:06 | 27/06/2022
Matthew Keenan was sent to Vietnam to serve in US army bases in 1971. Years later, he moved to Da Nang to help people, especially children, affected by Agent Orange. He founded Global Talk, an initiative to help young Vietnamese learn English.
The Second Generation of Friendship
12:06 | 21/06/2022
The next generation to develop of friendly relation is none other than the Vietnamese and American young people.
From Soldiers to "Peace Envoys"
11:17 | 20/06/2022
The American veterans returning to Vietnam are both healers of the wounds of war and messengers who spread the desire for peace.
Vietnamese American Yearns to Find Her Birth Mother
08:46 | 30/12/2021
A daughter born by Vietnamese mother and American father longs to find her relative.
‘The War Is Over’: American Veteran First Meets His Vietnamese Daughter After 50 Years
11:05 | 01/08/2021
On July 30, American veteran Harold Setser finally came face-to-face with the daughter he was forced to leave behind in Vietnam in 1971.
US veterans raise fund to help locals in Quang Tri
07:52 | 18/04/2021
US veterans gave bicycles to children affected by floods and funded new kitchen and bathrooms at the Quang Tri province's Blind Center.
Flood relief supplies from US friends handed over to Quang Ngai people
08:35 | 17/01/2021
As many as 50 families of survivors of Explosive Ordnance accidents and Agent Orange of Quang Ngai Province welcomed flood relief supplies provided by the Quang Ngai Red Cross and Project RENEW's representatives in a handover ceremony that took place in Tinh Khe Commune, Son Tinh District – the location of the infamous My Lai massacre in 1968.
Former US Defense Secretary shared memories of Vietnam throughout his life
12:19 | 12/10/2020
45 years after the war and 25 years of normalizing the Vietnam-US relationship, former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and former US Secretary of State John Kerry shared their memories about Vietnam.
US soldier’s lost letter from Vietnam finds its way home 52 years later
07:45 | 30/05/2020
A five-page letter from a soldier to his sister landed in the mailbox of North Vernon, Indiana’s Janice Tucker last week. The envelope was postmarked May 10, 2020, but the words written inside were from Vietnam in 1968.
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