The official construction of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong railway project commenced in October 2011. Credit: Thomas B. from Pixabay. Authorities in Hanoi, Vietnam have launched the commercial operation of the ...

DONG HA, VietnamDONG HA, Vietnam — Nguyen Xuan Thiet knew the copper band around the base of the American bomb left over from the Vietnam War could fetch him up to a dollar at the scrap yard. So he ...

In this "War Stories" Web exclusive, senior producer Martin Hinton reflects on traveling to Dong Ha, Vietnam, with Marine Corps legend Col. John Ripley who died, at age 69, last month. For four years ...

DONG HA, VietnamDONG HA, Vietnam — A piece of shrapnel sliced Jerry Maroney’s right leg. A bullet pierced Peter Holt’s neck. Les Newell took a shot in the rump. These old American soldiers recovered ...

DONG HA, Vietnam – Mr. Than was a poor teenager in 1991, scavenging scrap metal to sell. As his detector scraped the ground, it struck an unexploded bomb dropped decades earlier during this country’s ...

The iconic welcome gate of Dong Van Commune in Ha Giang collapsed in half after a landslide at 7 a.m. on Oct. 8, triggered by days of relentless rain from back-to-back storms. Pham Duc Nam, chairman ...