Vietnam
Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’: Black Lives Matter meets ‘Rambo’ [spoilers]
June 25, 2020Self-conscious about the idiocy of the Rambo myth where Stallone returns to fight the war and this time to win, the film nevertheless falls into the same racist and imperialist Hollywood tropes.
Read more[Spoiler-free] Review: ‘Da 5 Bloods’ reclaims narrative of Black soldiers in Vietnam
June 25, 2020If, as a civilian observer, you find it important to experience the realities and complexities of war and racism, then Spike Lee’s latest film Da 5 Bloods is required watching.
Read moreVietnam marks Ho Chi Minh’s 130th birthday; prepares for victory over COVID-19
May 20, 2020Despite bordering China, where the outbreak began, Vietnam has recorded no deaths from the virus.
Read moreYoung Communists lead jobs drive in Vietnam for the unemployed
May 4, 2020More than 10,000 people have found work in Hanoi thanks to a Communist-led initiative for students and young people made jobless by the crisis.
Read moreSurviving COVID-19 in Vietnam, the ‘safest place in the world’
April 30, 2020As an American living in Hanoi, everyone from back home has been calling to check on my safety. But I tell them there's nowhere I'd be safer than where I am now.
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