Vietnamese communist leader meets Pope for first time

Jan 22, 2013 - 01:03 pm .- Pope Benedict received in audience today the secretary general of Vietnam's Communist Party, discussing issues of interest to the Vatican city-state and Vietnam.

Veteran reconnects with Vietnamese priest he thought was dead

Dec 13, 2012 - 02:16 am .- In 1968 Joe Mahoney was serving with the Marines in South Vietnam, where he met Father Paul Nguyen Thanh Hoan, whom he always thought was killed when the North overran the region in 1975.

Congressman wants ambassador to Vietnam fired over human rights issues

Jul 12, 2012 - 12:07 am .- Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) has called for the firing of U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam David Shear, charging that he has marginalized human rights and religious freedom concerns.