Praise be: Travel agents are back

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Photo illustration of a white glove holding up a vacation tray.
Travel agents are pitching overwhelmed millennials and Gen Zers a stress-free vacation.

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The B-52 shot down Vietnamese fighter jets in historic dogfights. Here's how the US Air Force plans to keep its oldest bomber in the skies for over a century.

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A B-52D Stratofortress bomber aircraft drop ammunitions from the sky to support ground combat operations in Vietnam.
A B-52D Stratofortress bomber aircraft drop ammunitions from the sky to support ground combat operations in Vietnam.

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Hundreds of thousands of fish died in a single reservoir in Vietnam, another sign of how climate change is strangling the economy

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Vietnamese fisherman in the middle of a reservoir full of dead fish
Hundreds of thousands of fish died last month in a southern Vietnamese reservoir.

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Your latte could get even more expensive, thanks to a drought in Vietnam that's strangling coffee bean production

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Vietnamese worker sorts coffee beans in central highlands
Vietnam produces more than a third of the world's robusta coffee – but drought threatens production and prices.

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Apple keeps looking for new places to make its stuff that aren't China

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Apple CEO Tim Cook wearing a navy blue suit and making a peace sign with his hand whilst smiling
Apple CEO Tim Cook is visiting Indonesia.

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Vietnam wants to take China's place as a new factory of the world — but a $12 billion financial fraud case is getting in the way

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Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan looks on at a court in Ho Chi Minh city on April 11, 2024.
Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan looks on at a court in Ho Chi Minh city on April 11, 2024.

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How Ukraine could become Putin's 'Vietnam,' say military analysts

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Hanoi and a tank in the Russia-Ukraine war.
Hanoi and a tank in the Russia-Ukraine war.

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China's economic turmoil won't stop its manufacturing dominance

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission CMC, extends Spring Festival greetings to the country's military veterans when attending a gala held by the CMC for retired military officers of Beijing-based troops in Beijing, capital of China, Jan.

A Vietnamese restaurant that drowned up to 300 cats a month has shut. Its owner apologized for slaughtering pets.

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Vu Quang Nguyen, Program Manager of Companion Animals for HSI Vietnam, carries cats out of the slaughterhouse. The cats were transported by truck to a cat shelter at the Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry.
Vu Quang Nguyen, Program Manager of Companion Animals for HSI Vietnam, carries cats out of the slaughterhouse.

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I left Austin to teach in Vietnam. I feel safer here and have no plans to move back to Texas.

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Casey Rochester has spent the last six years as a foreign teacher in Asia.
Casey Rochester has spent the last six years as a foreign teacher in Asia.

Casey Rochester

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