With the new government about to be sworn in, there was an immediate issue, which confronted WT Jayasinghe and myself. Had we ...

During my 33 years in Parliament, I worked with nine Speakers of the House and maintained cordial relations with them all.

As the third largest city in Vietnam, there are plenty of things to do in Da Nang in three days. includes Son Tra Peninsula, ...

After spending my 20s and early 30s exploring Europe, I’m kicking myself for not checking out Cambodia sooner.

Thailand’s Minister of Culture, Sudawan Wangsuphakitkosol, has ordered urgent restoration work on the iconic Reclining Buddha ...

Feet are considered the lowest and, frankly, least “pure” part of the body in Thai culture. That means you don’t put your ...

He earned two Purple Hearts and a Commendation Medal for flying helicopters during the Vietnam War in the U.S. Army. After the service, he graduated from the University of Washington and flew ...

WAYNE — A statue of a fallen soldier will be unveiled on Saturday during the first observance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day at Passaic County's Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Oldham Road.

The Thousand-Hand, Thousand-Eye Guan Yin statue, a masterpiece of Vietnamese wooden sculpture. The Three Buddha statues symbolize past, present, and future in Buddhist philosophy. The Nine-Story Lotus ...

The statue, located in Kon Tum, a city 500 miles from Ho Chi Minh City, was erected in 1971. It was discovered with severed hands deep in the jungle after the Vietnam War. Father Nguyen noted the ...

but it was one of the highlights of my visit to Vietnam. The setting made it special. We greeted the dawn at the Linh Ung Pagoda, seated in front of the 220-foot-tall statue of Lady Buddha.

The body of the statue is missing its head, feet and right hand. APSARA National Authority For nearly a century, the head of a Buddha statue has been kept in the collections of the National ...