Forty years after the war in Vietnam, a port synonymous with the fighting is changing its image. Danang was a major US military base, now, it's transforming itself into one of Vietnam's most modern cities.

Vietnam may be forced to water down a new law designed to shore up its pension system after tens of thousands of workers protested against the changes in a strike that lasted nearly a week.

Vietnam’s bank stocks are rallying at the fastest pace in Asia, signaling a recovery from the bad-debt crisis that’s weighed on economic growth for three years.