Vietnam

Vietnamese cars in their first Israeli test

Walla and Ma’ariv: A small VinFast electric car, about the size of a Yaris Cross and cheaper than a Kia Picanto. We look at its value and the chances it will be sold in Israel.

VinFast VF3. The company was founded in 2017 as a project by Vietnam’s richest man.
Landslides triggered by heavy rain in Vietnam have killed at least six people and injured more than a dozen, disaster agency officials said on November 17, as the country's flood-hit central belt endured relentless precipitation.

Landslide kills 6 bus passengers in central Vietnam

 Jordan's King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 24, 2024.

Jordan's King Abdullah arrives in Pakistan for high-level talks to expand bilateral ties

Motorists ride past cars swept away after flooding brought by Typhoon Kalmaegi in Cotcot, Liloan, Philippines, November 5, 2025.

Typhoon Kalmaegi death toll hits 114 in Philippines, rebuilds strength as it heads to Vietnam


Namibia blocks vessel suspected of carrying 'explosive material destined for Israel'

Namibia barred the MV Kathrin from docking over suspicions of carrying military cargo for Israel, aligning with its support for Palestine during the Gaza conflict.

 Sandwich Harbour, Walvis Bay, Namibia.

Is the US losing its grip on the Middle East? - opinion

While Israel and Iran play a high-stakes game of "who will blink first," the real loser in this nerve-racking standoff might just be the United States.

U.S. Army paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division prepares before departure to Middle East

Jerusalem Cinematheque celebrates Robin Williams' legacy with special tribute series - opinion

The Jerusalem Cinematheque honors Robin Williams’ legacy with a month-long film series starting August 1. Catch classics like Aladdin and Good Will Hunting on the big screen.

 ROBIN WILLIAMS in ‘Good Morning, Vietnam.’

'Only humans, dogs, and cats': 'That Jewish Family' kicked out of restaurant in Vietnam

“Get out of my shop. Out! Don’t sit there. My shop doesn’t accept people from your country,” the shop owner tells the Namdars.

 A man kicks the Jewish content creators "That Jewish Family" out of his restaurant.

Netanyahu's government is falling apart and coming to an end - opinion

Likud’s renegades now effectively say what the protesters in the streets say: Israel needs a new beginning. And thanks to them, Israel will get its new beginning – a fresh start the Jewish state

 LIKUD MKs Tally Gotliv and Moshe Saada at the Knesset Constitution Committee on June 18 revealed cracks in the coalition.

'Jews aren't the devil you make us out to be' - opinion

Israel was founded on values adored by today’s progressives (anti-colonialism, socialism, collectivism, communion with the land) by the most peripatetic and outcast of people (the “wandering Jews”).

 A PROTESTER accuses Israel of war crimes, outside the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, last month. To accuse Israelis of following in the footsteps of the Nazis demonstrates a total lack of understanding of the history of the Jewish people, the writer argues.

A tale of two leaders: The Paris meetings between Ben-Gurion and Ho Chi Minh

In the post-WWII world, two dedicated men had found themselves in a Parisian hotel room, drawn together by history and the common bond of their enduring fight for their people’s freedom.

 (L-R) Hồ Chí Minh in Paris, 1946; Portrait of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, 1949

Grapevine January 31, 2024: The courage of her convictions

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 RAMILA PATTEN with Michal Herzog.

Hanukkah vignettes: Scenes of the Festival of Lights in years past

As the sun disappeared that day, a large hanukkiah was rolled out. Eight giant candles and one more for the shamash.

 JUBILANT RESIDENTS of Tel Aviv celebrate with what would become the Israeli flag after the UN decision to approve the partition of Palestine, November 29, 1947.

Kissinger's legacy: Can statesmanship end the Israel-Hamas war? - opinion

Faced with a devastated, post-Hamas Gaza, Kissinger would have created a new political energy and international alignment.

 HENRY KISSINGER, then serving as US national security advisor, speaks to the press at Orly Airport ahead of talks on the Paris Peace Accords with the Vietnamese, June 1973.