TOLEDO - John Wast kept the bullet-scarred pith helmet for more than 40 years. Damaged and dented, it served as a reminder of his time as an Army Green Beret sergeant in Vietnam, where he picked up ...

This past week found me sorting through my souvenirs from the war in Vietnam as I prepared to transfer my papers and photographs to the Southern Historical Collection of Manuscripts at UNC-Chapel Hill ...

More than 40 years after the end of the war in the southeast Asian country, Vietnamese vendors are selling prints of old propaganda posters to tourists. Pham Thi Minh Thinh was still young during the ...

Vietnamese wartime communist propaganda posters featuring the goateed face of Ho Chi Minh or heroic images of Viet Cong fighters have become popular souvenirs for tourists -- but not for Vietnamese.

As mentioned in an earlier post, landmine warnings as t-shirt graphics and child labor-produced Burmese jade goods raise some serious questions about the ethics of ‘souvenir-ing’ in Asia. As mentioned ...

Standing a half-mile away, Lake Hallie Police Chief Cal Smokowicz could see the Vietnam War-era mortar shell being detonated, though the sound of the explosion could be heard a full mile away. Members ...

VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has announced that it will release the VND100 banknote as souvenirs to commemorate SBV’s 65th anniversary (6/5/1951 - 6/5/2016). VietNamNet Bridge – ...

Unpacking the Local Impact of China’s Mega-Projects on Kyrgyzstan’s Regions As mentioned in an earlier post, landmine warnings as t-shirt graphics and child labor-produced Burmese jade goods raise ...