Vietnam veterans waited decades for an apology over how they were treated.

You can't go wrong when choosing between Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi for a Vietnam trip.

Ron Ridgeway was mourned, his name on a tombstone. Five years later, he came home alive.

Lucy Casley luxuriates at a very plush Vietnam hotel.

The price of five beach essentials is highest in Norway - and lowest in Vietnam.

More people were travelling more often thanks to record low flight prices.

Lucy Casley checks into a Hoi An spot with wonderfully friendly staff.

Some TPP provisions could still apply to the US, says Todd McClay.

Once the iconic images of old Saigon, three-wheeled cyclos are on the way out.

International animal protection groups are heading to Wellington Zoo to talk conservation.

In 1969, a 20-year-old Corporal Benfell led eight men into combat in Vietnam.

Lucy Casley checks in to a Ho Chi Minh City hotel with an excellent rooftop pool and bar.

Lucy Casley shares her guide to making the most of Hanoi's many treasures.

International festival, Sea Walls: Murals for Oceans, organised by PangeaSeed, a public art project that brings the oceans into the streets around the world, is coming back to Napier for a second year. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A trip to Vietnam is fine, whatever the weather, writes Eli Orzessek.

President Donald Trump's official counsellor, Kellyanne Conway has told TV audiences to "go buy Ivanka's stuff".

In Vietnam, Eli Orzessek finds friends to help him navigate a new country.

The Funky Monkey Boy Band performs on a boat in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

Tristram Clayton checks into the Park Hyatt Saigon.

Hospital staff in China were horrified to find a poor little girl was forced into marriage and fell pregnant to a much older man.

Samsung has bet large on Vietnam, and farmers are now earning more than bankers.

COMMENT: Paul Thomas is from a remarkable family of eight boys and three girls. All eight boys served in the New Zealand army. Five saw active duty.

The sole survivor of a horrific plane crash which killed 29 people has revealed how she clung to life in the jungle for a hellish week.

Man sought over alleged gold fraud has flown to Vietnam, say police.

Hoi An is well known for two things - its unique heritage-listed town centre, Hoi An Ancient Town, and its cheap tailoring services.

With a six hour stopover in Hanoi, is it worth leaving the airport?

Fewer people have seen inside this incredible place than have reached Everest's summit.

Veteran Robert Davies says the failure to repatriate soldiers from non-commonwealth war cemeteries in Malaysia is a "a blight on the honour of this country".

Vietnamese authorities are now allowing access to the Long Tan cross for today's anniversary commemorations.

There's an uneasy alliance between humans and long-tailed macaques, discovers Jonathan Killick.