Reporting from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam — Thao Pham walks in her pink high-top sneakers along a row of motorcycle helmets at the eVo shop on Hai Ba Trung Street. Her current helmet, with a “Funny ...

For centuries, Vietnamese have worn the non la, the distinctive conical straw hat that shields the face from tropical sun and monsoon rains. But now the non la is being supplanted by another type of ...

Greig Craft was first driven to action in 2000. Appalled by the high rates of deaths and traumatic brain injuries in Vietnam - especially among children - he set up a not-for-profit corporation in his ...

For an authoritarian regime, Vietnam has a hard time making its citizens do as it says in at least one area. For the second time, the government is trying force helmets onto the riders of Vietnam’s 22 ...

Wearing helmet is compulsory for all motorcycle drivers in Vietnam, but following such a rule is not quite an easy task for women of some ethnic minority groups, who wear high buns as a centuries-old ...

In Vietnam, a country jammed with motorcycles, very few people wear helmets, and the consequences are often tragic. The country suffers an estimated 25 traffic-related fatalities each day. An American ...

A new law has taken effect in Vietnam requiring all motorbike riders to wear helmets. Motorbikes are the most common form of transportation in Vietnam, but drivers long refused to wear helmets, ...

This helmet is from a man who fought in the Vietnam War. My father bought it in Portobello market when he was 10, for £7. This object was used to protect the soldiers' heads during battle. The helmet ...

James Randall was shot down almost 48 years ago during a bombing run over North Vietnam. In the decades that followed, the retired U.S. Air Force pilot often replayed the crash in his mind: ...