In 1968, with mounting criticism of the Vietnam War at home and abroad, President Johnson announced that he would stop the bombing of North Vietnam and that he would not run for re-election the ...

Vietnam - a major US trading partner in the region - also has overlapping claims, but has mostly been remained a bystander in the recent confrontations between Chinese and Philippine vessels.

China claims jurisdiction over most of it, but countries like Vietnam and the Philippines claim ... showed a Chinese flag painted onto the ground. The Chinese characters for "Long Live the ...

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES is expanding its Cebu hub with the launch of new direct flights from Cebu to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, the flag carrier said. In a media release on Thursday, Philippine ...