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Vietnamese representative to U.N. in Tokyo

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya shakes hands with Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Nations Do Hung Viet, who will chair next year's major nuclear disarmament conference, at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2025.

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ACLU SoCal Bill Of Rights Dinner - LA

Viet Thanh Nguyen, Lan P. Duong, Ke Huy Quan At "The ACLU SoCal Bill Of Rights Dinner at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA on November 10 2024. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ACLU SoCal Bill Of Rights Dinner - LA

Viet Thanh Nguyen At "The ACLU SoCal Bill Of Rights Dinner at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA on November 10 2024. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ACLU SoCal Bill Of Rights Dinner - LA

Viet Thanh Nguyen, Lan P. Duong, Ke Huy Quan At "The ACLU SoCal Bill Of Rights Dinner at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA on November 10 2024. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ACLU SoCal Bill Of Rights Dinner - LA

Viet Thanh Nguyen, Lan P. Duong, Ke Huy Quan At "The ACLU SoCal Bill Of Rights Dinner at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA on November 10 2024. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ACLU SoCal Bill Of Rights Dinner - LA

Viet Thanh Nguyen At "The ACLU SoCal Bill Of Rights Dinner at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA on November 10 2024. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ACLU SoCal Bill Of Rights Dinner - LA

Viet Thanh Nguyen At "The ACLU SoCal Bill Of Rights Dinner at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA on November 10 2024. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ACLU SoCal Bill Of Rights Dinner - LA

Viet Thanh Nguyen At "The ACLU SoCal Bill Of Rights Dinner at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA on November 10 2024. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Annual Cannes Film Festival - Viet And Nam Photocall - Cannes DN

Dao Duy Bao Dinh, Phạm Thanh Hai, Le Viet Tung, Nguyen Thi Nga attend the Viet And Nam Photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 22, 2024 in Cannes, France. Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Annual Cannes Film Festival - Viet And Nam Photocall - Cannes DN

Dao Duy Bao Dinh, Phạm Thanh Hai, Le Viet Tung, Nguyen Thi Nga attend the Viet And Nam Photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 22, 2024 in Cannes, France. Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Annual Cannes Film Festival - Viet And Nam Photocall - Cannes DN

Dao Duy Bao Dinh, Phạm Thanh Hai, Le Viet Tung, Nguyen Thi Nga attend the Viet And Nam Photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 22, 2024 in Cannes, France. Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Annual Cannes Film Festival - Viet And Nam Photocall - Cannes DN

Minh Quy Truong attends the Viet And Nam Photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 22, 2024 in Cannes, France. Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Annual Cannes Film Festival - Viet And Nam Photocall - Cannes DN

Dao Duy Bao Dinh, Phạm Thanh Hai, Le Viet Tung, Nguyen Thi Nga attend the Viet And Nam Photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 22, 2024 in Cannes, France. Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)INDONESIA-JAKARTA-FOOTBALL-FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIER-INDONESIA VS VIETNAM

(240322) -- JAKARTA, March 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Bui Hoang Viet Anh (front) of Vietnam dribbles during the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifier between Indonesia and Vietnam at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Zulkarnain)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-FOOTBALL-AFC ASIAN CUP-GROUP D-IRQ VS VIE

(240124) -- DOHA, Jan. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Bui Hoang Viet Anh (2nd R) of Vietnam celebrates scoring with his teammates during the Group D match between Iraq and Vietnam at AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Jan. 24 2024. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)

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Football: Asian Cup

Japan's Ayase Ueda (R) and Vietnam's Bui Hoang Viet Anh vie for the ball in the second half of a group stage match at the Asian Cup football tournament in Doha on Jan. 14, 2024.

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-TAEKWONDO (CN)

(230925) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold Medalists of Team China, Silver Medalists of Team South Korea, Bronze Medalists of Team Viet Nam and Team Uzbekistan (L-R) attend the awarding ceremony for Taekwondo Mixed Gender Team Gold Medal Contest at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

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VNA head at photo exhibition

State-run Vietnam News Agency General Director Vu Viet Trang speaks on Aug. 3, 2023, at the opening ceremony of a photo exhibition co-hosted by her news agency and Japan's Kyodo News in Hanoi. The weeklong exhibition on the history of exchanges between Japan and Vietnam is being held to mark the 50th anniversary in September of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the countries.

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Ad opposing Japan reactor exports

HANOI, Vietnam - Photo shows an opinion ad (R) objecting to planned nuclear reactor exports by Japan, published on Aug. 6, 2013, by Vietnam's state-run English-language daily Viet Nam News. The ad, sponsored by DAYS JAPAN, a monthly photo journalism magazine, was published to coincide with the 68th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

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Funeral held for separated Vietnamese conjoined twin Viet

HO CHI MINH, Vietnam - Nguyen Duc (L), a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin apparently due to the influence of Agent Orange that the U.S. military used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War, and his wife attend the funeral for his elder brother Viet in Ho Chi Minh on Oct. 7. Viet died on Oct. 6 at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Separated Vietnamese conjoined twin Viet dies at 26

TOKYO, Japan - Nguyen Viet (C), a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin apparently due to the influence of Agent Orange that the U.S. military used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War, died in Ho Chi Minh City on Oct. 6 at age 26. The photo, taken in 2006 at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, shows Viet surrounded by his brother Duc and Duc's wife. The twins were separated through surgery at age 7 by a group of Japanese and Vietnamese doctors in 1988. They had been conjoined at the lower halves of their bodies and sharing some organs.

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Vietnam premier meets dissident Buddhist leader

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai (R) has his first-ever meeting with Thic Huyen Quang (L), leader of the dissident Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) at the premier's official residence in Hanoi on April 2. The meeting was reported by the official newspaper Viet Nam News which said the pair discussed religious freedom in Vietnam. Quang has been under house arrest for more than two decades.

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guest house for VIPs

Ha Noi guest house for VIPs from abroad. Viet Nam (Sep.2001)

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Japanese Embassy

Japanese Embassy in Ha Noi, Viet Nam. (Feb.2002)

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military museum

Military Museum of Ha Noi. Viet Nam (Apt,2001)

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Separated conjoined twin learns leg making

OITA, Japan - Nguyen Duc (R), a Vietnamese who was separated from his conjoined twin brother in 1988, learns how to make artificial legs and maintain replacement legs in a two-week training course under Mikio Yuki (L), the Japanese designer and maker of his artificial leg. Duc, 19, was born joined to his twin, Viet, in 1981. The abnormality is suspected to have been caused by a defoliant scattered by U.S. military aircraft in the Vietnam War.

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Separated conjoined twin arrives in Oita to learn leg making

OITA, Japan - Nguyen Duc (C), a Vietnamese who was separated from his conjoined twin brother in 1988, waits at Oita's airport after arriving Aug. 19 for two weeks of technical training under Mikio Yuki (L), the Japanese designer and maker of his artificial leg. Duc, 19, will learn how to make and maintain replacement legs from Yuki. Duc was born joined to his twin, Viet, in 1981. The abnormality is suspected to have been caused by a defoliant scattered by U.S. aircraft in the Vietnam War.

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(SP)INDONESIA-JAKARTA-AFF-U-19 BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP-2022-VIETNAM VS THAILAND

(220711) -- JAKARTA, July 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Nguyen Quoc Viet (front) of Vietnam tries to head the ball during the AFF (ASEAN Football Federation) U-19 Boys Championship Group A match between Vietnam and Thailand in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 10, 2022. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

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(SP)INDONESIA-JAKARTA-AFF-U-19 BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP-2022-VIETNAM VS THAILAND

(220711) -- JAKARTA, July 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Nguyen Quoc Viet (Bottom) of Vietnam vies with Phon Ek Maneekom of Thailand during the AFF (ASEAN Football Federation) U-19 Boys Championship Group A match between Vietnam and Thailand in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 10, 2022. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

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(SP)INDONESIA-JAKARTA-AFF-U-19 BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP-2022-VIETNAM VS THAILAND

(220711) -- JAKARTA, July 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Nguyen Quoc Viet (L) of Vietnam vies with Theekawin Chansri of Thailand during the AFF (ASEAN Football Federation) U-19 Boys Championship Group A match between Vietnam and Thailand in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 10, 2022. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

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(SP)INDONESIA-JAKARTA-AFF-U-19 BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP-2022-VIETNAM VS THAILAND

(220711) -- JAKARTA, July 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Nguyen Quoc Viet (L) of Vietnam vies with Theekawin Chansri of Thailand during the AFF (ASEAN Football Federation) U-19 Boys Championship Group A match between Vietnam and Thailand in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 10, 2022. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

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Vietnam premier meets dissident Buddhist leader

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai (R) has his first-ever meeting with Thic Huyen Quang (L), leader of the dissident Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) at the premier's official residence in Hanoi on April 2. The meeting was reported by the official newspaper Viet Nam News which said the pair discussed religious freedom in Vietnam. Quang has been under house arrest for more than two decades. (Kyodo)

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Stephen King'S Desperation (2006)

Trieu Tran & Steven Weber Characters: Young Viet Cong & Steve Ames Film: Stephen King'S Desperation (2006) Director: Mick Garris 23 May 2006 'STEPHEN KING'S DESPERATION' - An unlikely band of people find themselves forced to be reluctant heroes as they battle an unspeakable horror in a small, Nevada desert town, in the three-hour original film, 'Stephen King's Desperation,' airing as the 'ABC Premiere Event,' TUESDAY, MAY 23 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. The film is based on the novel by Stephen King -- America's bestselling and award-winning master of horror. (ABC/VIVIAN ZINK) TRIEU TRAN, STEVEN WEBER Date: 23 May 2006

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Viet fisherman nursing leg broken by Chinese ship's attack in Paracels

Vietnamese fisherman Bui Tan Doan has his broken leg nursed in Binh Chau, Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam, on June 23, 2015, following a Chinese ship's water cannon attack on his fishing boat on June 7 in waters near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Funeral held for separated Vietnamese conjoined twin Viet

HO CHI MINH, Vietnam - Nguyen Duc (L), a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin apparently due to the influence of Agent Orange that the U.S. military used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War, and his wife attend the funeral for his elder brother Viet in Ho Chi Minh on Oct. 7. Viet died on Oct. 6 at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. (Kyodo)

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Separated Vietnamese conjoined twin Viet dies at 26

TOKYO, Japan - Nguyen Viet (C), a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin apparently due to the influence of Agent Orange that the U.S. military used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War, died in Ho Chi Minh City on Oct. 6 at age 26. The photo, taken in 2006 at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, shows Viet surrounded by his brother Duc and Duc's wife. The twins were separated through surgery at age 7 by a group of Japanese and Vietnamese doctors in 1988. They had been conjoined at the lower halves of their bodies and sharing some organs. (Kyodo)

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Japanese style restaurant in Vietnam

Vietnamese man Nguyen Duc poses in front his Japanese style restaurant Duc Nihon in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, on Jan. 12, 2019. Duc was born as a conjoined twin, apparently due to the aftereffects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, and surgery to separate him from his brother Viet was conducted by Japanese doctors some 30 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese style restaurant in Vietnam

Photo taken on Jan. 12, 2019, shows Japanese style restaurant Duc Nihon in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, operated by Vietnamese man Nguyen Duc. Duc was born as a conjoined twin, apparently due to the aftereffects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, and surgery to separate him from his brother Viet was conducted by Japanese doctors some 30 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese style restaurant in Vietnam

Vietnamese man Nguyen Duc (back, C) talks with Japanese tourists at his Japanese style restaurant Duc Nihon in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, on Jan. 13, 2019. Duc was born as a conjoined twin, apparently due to the aftereffects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, and surgery to separate him from his brother Viet was conducted by Japanese doctors some 30 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress meet with Vietnamese people

Nguyen Duc, a Vietnamese man who was born as a conjoined twin, meets with visiting Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on March 2, 2017, during a reception in Hanoi. Duc, whose condition was apparently due to the effects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, underwent surgery to separate him from his brother Viet with support of Japanese doctors nearly three decades ago. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress meet with Vietnamese people

Nguyen Duc, a Vietnamese man who was born as a conjoined twin, meets with visiting Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on March 2, 2017, during a reception in Hanoi. Duc, whose condition was apparently due to the effects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, underwent surgery to separate him from his brother Viet with support of Japanese doctors nearly three decades ago. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Separated conjoined twin learns leg making

OITA, Japan - Nguyen Duc (R), a Vietnamese who was separated from his conjoined twin brother in 1988, learns how to make artificial legs and maintain replacement legs in a two-week training course under Mikio Yuki (L), the Japanese designer and maker of his artificial leg. Duc, 19, was born joined to his twin, Viet, in 1981. The abnormality is suspected to have been caused by a defoliant scattered by U.S. military aircraft in the Vietnam War.