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The entertainment is easy to use, but the selection is limited.

This business class to Europe is an absolute bargain

This airline’s fares can be almost one third less than the price of a top-tier carrier, depending on the timing of your flight.

  • Sue Williams

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Yeath Saly, 11.

The US was cleaning up its deadly mess in Cambodia – then came Trump’s call

The United States dropped millions of tonnes of bombs on Cambodia. Now efforts to get rid of them have been thrown into disarray.

  • Zach Hope and Nara Lon
On the way out … Departure Area, Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

Vietnam’s busiest airport has one great feature others should adopt

The queues are horrendous but everyone is in a good mood, helped by the fact that they can still see their loved ones.

  • Belinda Jackson
The iconic photograph, taken in 1972, at the centre of a dispute over authorship.

It’s one of the most famous news photos ever. But who really took it?

A documentary screening at Sundance claims an iconic photograph from the Vietnam War has been attributed to the wrong person for more than 50 years.

  • Lindsey Bahr
Nicholas Eadie in Medivac.

Acclaimed Australian actor, star of Cop Shop and Underbelly, dead at 66

Nicholas Eadie starred opposite a young Nicole Kidman in the wartime miniseries, Vietnam, as well as having roles in A Country Practice, Halifax f.p. and The Henderson Kids.

  • Louise Rugendyke
A Metro train passes through the city during the launch of the first Metro line in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

‘So beautiful’: After years of delays, Ho Chi Minh City opens first metro train line

Years of start-and-stop construction means the seemingly new ticket vending machines are partly obsolete: they accept coins that are no longer in circulation.

  • Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen
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Children in the country's north pose for social media content promoting Australian dairy business Little Etoile.
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Giveaways in Vietnam's poorest provinces

Children in the country's north pose for social media content promoting Australian dairy business Little Etoile.

Little Etoile formula giveaway.

Taller, stronger, smarter: The baseless claims used to sell ‘toddler milk’ powder

Australian parents are told not to buy the ultra-processed powdered milk products, but the government is helping fund a boom overseas.

  • Patrick Begley
Cruising the Mekong.

Want to actually eat the exotic foods at Asian markets? On this cruise you can

Live frogs, sea snails, bunches of just-harvested herbs – this is not your average trip to the supermarket.

  • Ben Groundwater
Is four stars really better than two?

Is a four-star hotel really better than a two-star? I put it to the test

When $50 can get you a clean, private room in a great location, is it worth splurging on a higher star rating? I found out in Vietnam.

  • Jimmy Thomson

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