VIETNAM: CHRISTIAN LAWYERS COULD GET HARSH SENTENCES
By johnib
Attorney Nguyen Van Dai, a 38-year-old member of the main Hanoi congregation of the legally-recognized Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North), or ECVN (N), since 2000, was arrested on March 2. He had been documenting human rights ...
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The Wrong War - Why We Lost in Vietnam
By y2karl
By refusing to recognize or admit that the Vietnam War was from its inception primarily a civil war, and not part of a larger, centrally-directed international conspiracy, policymakers assumed that North Vietnam was, like the United ...
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Giuliani's Vietnam Deferments May Cause Problems For '08 Run
By The Huffington Post
How long will John McCain--a real-life war hero down seventeen points in the polls--stand for such bluster, considering the lengths Giuliani went to to stay out of Vietnam? He won't mention Rudy's military history--yet. ...
The Huffington Post | Raw Feed - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/

Rinky N.'s Review Of Vietnam Veterans Memorial (5/5)
By maiko h. on Yelp(maiko h. on Yelp)
This is one DC sight I had to see. I'm glad we did. Reading about this memorial pales with actually experiencing it. Over 58, 000 names are etched in the wall in

Vietnam & Iraq; More Parallels
By MrKen45(MrKen45)
appeared on C-SPAN and drew parallels between the US involvement in Vietnam & the current quagmire in Iraq. The general has been teaching National Security Strategy for the last 14 years. I paraphrase. ...
MrKen45sWorld - http://mrken45sworld.blogspot.com/index.html

Shark to chart Vietnam course
Malaysia Star - Petaling Jaya,Malaysia
LONDON: Former world number one Greg Norman is to design a championship course in the Vung Tau province of Vietnam. The layout will be part of Vietnam ...
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Injuries threaten Vietnam’s Olympic team
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge – Just ahead of the vital match against Oman in the qualifiers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Vietnam’s Olympic team is being afflicted by ...
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Vietnam Elections Attract Candidates From Outside Communist Party ...
Voice of America - USA
Elections to Vietnam's National Assembly are coming up in May, and the government says it wants to broaden public participation with more delegates who are ...
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Japan to bolster Vietnam’s fiber-optic cable network
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
According to Japanese assessments, the demand for a high-speed communication system in Vietnam is increasing due to more and more Japanese investments in ...
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Vietnam not competitive in tourism, survey finds
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
A survey by the Pacific Asia Travel Association ranked Vietnam 87th among 124 nations in tourism competitiveness because of poor infrastructure and lack of ...
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Vietnam’s hospitals: cheap, good, but not favoured
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge - Many hospitals in Vietnam are recognized to have good and cheap services compared to foreign ones but they can’t attract foreigners who ...
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Rudd admits to warnings
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
THE Labor leader, Kevin Rudd, has admitted his office was given more than one set of warnings that plans to stage a fake Anzac Day dawn service in Vietnam ...
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Central Vietnam hit by another cyclone
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
A cyclone hit Dak Lak province in Vietnam’s central highlands Monday night, injuring 27 people. The half- hour storm destroyed 15 houses and damaged 73 ...
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Thanh Nien is the tribune of Vietnam’s Youth Association
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
The International Finance Corporation – the World Bank’s private sector arm – agreed Tuesday to help the State Capital Investment Corporation of Vietnam ...
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Vietnam MobiFone tenders for equitization advisor
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Vietnam's second-largest mobile phone firm, MobiFone, said Wednesday it would pick a consultant next month to advise on its equitization, the first move in ...
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Travelling down the Mekong in Vietnam and Cambodia
India eNews.com - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
The mighty Mekong river runs nearly 5000 km through Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam and while it may not be the longest river in Asia, ...
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Vietnam to auction $43.4 mln bonds next week
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Vietnam will auction five-year government bonds next week to raise VND700 billion ($43.4 million), the Hanoi stock market said on Tuesday. ...
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Vietnam, Iraq war vets to talk at UD forum
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
A Vietnam War veteran, credited with helping stop what became known as the “My Lai Massacre,” will be a panelist Wednesday night at a public forum at the ...
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Vietnam Elections Attract Candidates From Outside Communist Party ...
Men's News Daily - Guerneville,CA,USA
Elections to Vietnam’s National Assembly are coming up in May, and the government says it wants to broaden public participation with more delegates who are ...
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UN urges Vietnam to enforce helmet-use to reduce traffic deaths
HANOI - THE United Nations urged Vietnam on Wednesday to make motorbike helmets mandatory in an effort to reduce traffic fatalities, which kill more than 30 people on the nation's roads each day.
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E27 Maneuvers in Vietnam
By bjornlee
I mentioned this in my earlier post that I will be based in Vietnam for anything from 1 to 3 months. During this time, I will be visiting several universities and tech incubators in an official capacity with DFJ VinaCapital (DFJV) and ...
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Vietnam has road deaths epidemic: WHO
By johnib
HANOI (AFP) - The World Health Organisation on Wednesday called for Vietnam to minimise the country’s huge human loss in traffic accidents, which has become a national epidemic. Vietnam reports one of the world’s highest road death ...
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Shares on a tear in Vietnam
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
HANOI - Up 145% last year and rising another 40% so far this year, can Vietnam sustain its spectacular stock market rally? After China's benchmark CSI 300 ...
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Why don’t foreign companies list on Vietnam’s bourse?
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign stock markets have recently made a series of visits to Vietnam to invite Vietnamese enterprises to list on their bourses, ...
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Vietnam is a promised land: Intel
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge - Intel has celebrated 10 years in Vietnam. Don MacDonald, Vice President of Intel Group, talks with Vietnam Economic Times on this ...
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Olympic Vietnam - Olympic Oman preview: Tough clash
Nhan Dan - Hanoi,Vietnam
Oman and Vietnam are currently tied on top and second in Group C with six points after three games, so the result of the match in the My Dinh national ...
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Vietnam voices support to "One UN" approach
Nhan Dan - Hanoi,Vietnam
Vietnam, at the country level, supports the implementation of the "One UN" approach" on a voluntary basis taking into account of national conditions and ...
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Vietnam-Belgium master’s programme celebrates decade of successful ...
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam-Belgium Master programme in Public Management and Economics, which has trained more than 500 professional business people ...
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HKD1,000 counterfeit banknotes re-appear in Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge – More counterfeit HKD1,000 bank notes have been found in Vietnam, and local banking experts say that the situation is alarming. ...
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Vietnam and Iran seek stronger bilateral relations
Nhan Dan - Hanoi,Vietnam
Vietnam and Iran have held discussions to further co-operation in all areas and in sports and physical training in particular. ...
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Central Vietnam hit by another cyclone
By Skywatch-Media(Skywatch-Media)
Vietnam April 17, 2007 A cyclone hit Dak Lak province in Vietnam’s central highlands Monday night, injuring 27 people. The half- hour storm destroyed 15 houses and damaged 73 other houses and three schoolrooms in two communes in Ea Sup ...
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Tourism Officials Look To Future
By Mike Weston(Mike Weston)
The Vietnam National Administration for Tourism (VNAT) outlined the sector's ambitious plan to double the growth rate of visitors and revenues over the next five years

Korea, Malaysia steal honors in Vietnam cycling event
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Malaysia and Dong Thap (Vietnam) both clocked 13:47:50 hours in the 189km opening stage from Ho Chi Minh City to Phan Thiet. ...
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Vietnam banks warn against fake Hong Kong $1000 bills
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Forged Hong Kong $1000 bills have made their appearance in Vietnam and banking officials are warning the public to buy foreign currency only from authorized ...
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Vietnam Fetes Bay of Pigs Victory
Prensa Latina - Havana,Cuba
Hanoi, Apr 18 (Prensa Latina) Organizations of friendship with Cuba and Vietnam celebrated in this capital Wednesday the 46th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs ...
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In Rare Joint Interview, Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn on Iraq ...
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
Howard, you went to North Vietnam , can you talk about how the Vietnam War ended, and also your experience there, why you went? ...
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DENMARK: Arla Foods eyes Vietnam entry
just-food.com (subscription) - UK
The company, which has operations in Asian markets including China and Indonesia, said that it is interested in setting up a base in Vietnam within months. ...
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Vietnam, Iran close to sports cooperation deal
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Vietnam and Iran are set to sign an agreement on sports cooperation under which they will exchange personnel, training techniques, and equipment. ...
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Politics and Policy | PEPFAR To Provide $59M to Vietnam for HIV ...
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief recently announced that it will provide Vietnam with $59 million this year to prevent and fight HIV/AIDS, ...
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Vietnam Vet Talks About Massacre At Univ. Of Del.
CBS 3 - Philadelphia,PA,USA
The University of Delaware is hosting a Vietnam War veteran who will speak Wednesday about the 1968 My Lai Massacre. Larry Colburn -- who intervened to stop ...
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