Vietnam Coverage

Vietnam Veterans Day: Fort Liberty honors veterans who were not historically celebrated

Fort Liberty honored a specific group of veterans on Friday as part of Vietnam Veterans Day.

Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter

Vietnam Veterans Day: Emotional celebration at Fort Liberty

Fort Liberty honored a specific group of veterans on Friday as part of Vietnam Veterans Day.

Airman's remains returned to NC after going missing 54 years ago

Air Force captain Frederick Hall went missing on April 12, 1969 when his fighter jet crashed into a mountain while flying through clouds. In March, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified Captain Hall's remains through laboratory analysis and the accumulation of circumstantial evidence

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Vietnam veterans remembered

On Vietnam Veteran's Day, veterans were honored in Fayetteville. For those in attendance, it gives the veterans the recognition they deserved

VinFast electric SUVs arrive on US roads; NC factory clearing regulatory hurdles

VinFast is moving closer to starting construction of its $4 billion factory in Chatham County.

Matt Talhelm, WRAL reporter

Vinfast going global with first electric SUVs coming to the US

The rubber meets the road for an electric SUV that's not on the road anywhere yet. WRAL Techwire got behind the wheel of the VinFast VF8.

WRAL travels to Vietnam to meet VinFast, coming to Chatham County

Nearly three days after leaving Raleigh, our WRAL crew has finally made it to Vietnam. Matt Talhelm is there to introduce us to the company that plans to build a $4 billion electric SUV factory here in Chatham County.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Jacksonville honors veterans who never made it home

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Jacksonville is the second-largest Vietnam Veterans memorial in the nation, second only to the one in Washington, DC.

Murdered Vietnam veteran buried with honor in Cumberland County

The funeral services for Frank Carmichael Jr. were held at Wiseman Mortuary in Fayetteville and Rockfish Cemetery in Hope Mills. Carmichael was 71.

Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter

Cary woman who escaped Vietnam as a child helps Afghan refugees coming to America

A woman who became a refugee in America after her family escaped the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War is now helping other refugees arriving in the Triangle.

Matt Talhelm, WRAL reporter

Vietnam refugee helping Afghans coming to America

A woman who became a refugee in America after her family escaped Vietnam at the end of the war is now helping other refugees arriving in the Triangle.

Restaurant creates coronaburger

Chef in Vietnam is using his culinary skills to help people smile during this coronavirus pandemic.

Carrboro woman, teaching in China, now stranded in Vietnam because of coronavirus outbreak

A Carrboro writer and other people who left China on vacation are trying to figure out what's next as the coronavirus outbreak limits travel and housing options.

Laura Leslie, WRAL capitol bureau chief

Local teacher stranded after leaving China before coronavirus outbreak

A Carrboro writer and other people who left China on vacation are trying to figure out what's next as the coronavirus outbreak limits travel and housing options.

Greensboro man talks about being front and center of USS Forrestal disaster

The USS Forrestal made world headlines 52 years ago when, on July 29, 1967, explosions and a raging fire ripped through the ship. Scott Mason, the Tar Heel Traveler, talked with a Greensboro man who was a survivor of the disastrous accident.

NC Vietnam veterans memorial attracts people 'from around the world'

It rivals something you would see in Washington DC, but it's right here in North Carolina. WRAL's Tar Heel Travelers explains how this memorial for fallen Vietnam veterans is drawing visitors from all over.

Trump travels to Vietnam for summit with Kim Jong Un

President Trump leaves town as his former attorney Michael Cohen prepares for potentially heated testimony on Capitol Hill.