Retailers Say Monitoring Has 'Chilling Effect' on Trade With Vietnam
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
WASHINGTON, April 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- US retailers have sharply curtailed orders for apparel from Vietnam since the US government began a program ...
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Europe Days in Vietnam show EU’s unity in diversity
Nhan Dan - Hanoi,Vietnam
Nhan Dan Online- Europe Days in Vietnam 2007 with various cultural activities in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from April 25 to May 31 will show the unity in ...
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Vietnam economic forum held in HCM City
Nhan Dan - Hanoi,Vietnam
About 500 Vietnamese and foreign delegates have gathered in Ho Chi Minh City for a two-day international forum to discuss Vietnam's regional economic status ...
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Letters that tell of the hell hole called Vietnam
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
FORTY years ago, with the communist Tet offensive probably in the planning phase, Australia's soldiers in Vietnam were in two minds about the whole business ...
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Vietnam traders protest new shipping tariff
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, representing Vietnam's export associations, would continue to press the FEFC to delay the scheme until January ...
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Vietnam town plans mega tourism complex
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Hoi An town in central Vietnam called Tuesday for investment in a multi-functional tourism complex which will include a temple to commemorate the nation’s ...
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David Halberstam, chronicled Vietnam War, baseball, media
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA
San Francisco -- David Halberstam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who chronicled the Washington press corps, the Vietnam War generation and baseball, ...
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Vietnam calls foreign business to comply with rules and laws
Nation Multimedia - Bangkok,Thailand
Ho chi Minh City - Vietnam's commercial capital Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday called on foreign investors to comply with investment and labour laws and ...
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Only $1bil worth of portfolio investment pumped into Vietnam: CIEM
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge – The Central Institute of Economic Management (CIEM) has denied the figure of $4bil worth of foreign portfolio investment in Vietnam ...
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Robocon Vietnam 2007 kicked off
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge - The qualifier round of Robocon Vietnam 2007 opened in the north, the south and the central region on April 23 with the participation of ...
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Vietnam Christian Politician In Hiding Amid Police Crackdown
BosNewsLife - Budapest,Hungary
It came as US officials were about to investigate reports of a new crackdown in Vietnam on political dissidents and Christians, BosNewsLife learned. ...
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American Red Cross looks for long term co-operation with Vietnam
Nhan Dan - Hanoi,Vietnam
An official from American Red Cross (ARC) has affirmed the association’s interests in establishing long term cooperation with Vietnam in humanitarian ...
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Third tornado hits Vietnam in less than two weeks
By Skywatch-Media(Skywatch-Media)
HANOI: A third tornado has hit Vietnam in less than two weeks, killing a child, injuring 11 people and damaging or destroying 300 houses in the country’s far south, local officials said Tuesday. The violent, unseasonal funnel-shaped ...
The Great Red Comet - http://skywatch-media.com/index.html

David Halberstam, Pulitzer Prize Winner and Early Vietnam Critic ...
By Steve
San Jose Mercury News

Photograph of President Lyndon B. Johnson Talking With Nurses in ...
Photograph of President Lyndon B. Johnson talking to nurses and children in Vietnam.
About 20th Century History: What's... - http://history1900s.about.com/

Eve of Destruction v1.1 - BF2 goes to Vietnam
It seems like the best thing about some games is that they make really great bases for mods to be developed from. Such is the case with Eve of Destruction - who took Battlefield 2 and made it into a tribute to the soldiers and the ...

Privatisation In Aviation Industry: Why Not?
By Mike Weston(Mike Weston)
Tan Son Nhat airport in HCM City, the biggest airport in Vietnam, only has the capacity of 15mil passengers per year, just 1/5 or 1/6 of the capacity of Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore airports. In the north, Noi Bai airport with ...
Chao-Vietnam - http://chao-vietnam.blogspot.com/index.html

Famed Vietnam War reporter killed in car crash
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
US Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Halberstam, whose work for the New York Times on the Vietnam War led many to question the US presence there, ...
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Vietnam to increase limit on foreign investment in local banks
International Herald Tribune - France
HANOI, Vietnam: Vietnam plans to allow single foreign investors to own up to 15 percent of a domestic bank, up from a 10 percent cap, to boost the sector's ...
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World leading computer maker eyes Vietnam for expansion
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
"We see Vietnam as a good place to move our low-end products" Compal Electronics' President Ray Chen told an investor conference. ...
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Hospital equitization plan under attack in Vietnam
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Vietnam is equitizing businesses ranging from banks to energy and telecoms firms into a booming stock market, but a plan for the first flotation of shares ...
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Vietnam, Bulgaria leaders pledge closer ties
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Vietnam and Bulgaria agreed to further strengthen ties, especially trade ties, at meetings between the leaders of the two countries in Hanoi Monday. ...
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Vietnam economic forum opens in HCM City
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge - About 500 Vietnamese and foreign delegates have gathered in Ho Chi Minh City for a two-day international forum to discuss Vietnam's ...
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Conference hopeful about Vietnam economy, urges further reform
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
International investors attending the Vietnam Economic Forum Monday said they are quite upbeat about Vietnam’s economic prospects but said reforms should ...
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Vietnam oil spill mystery plot thickens
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
HANOI: For three months crude oil spills have sullied beaches, mangroves and aquaculture farms along Vietnam’s long coastline, but the government says the ...
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In his own words: Vietnam veteran publishes three wartime novels
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton,FL,USA
After returning home from Vietnam in 1967, Donahue said he decided to write his first book, which was originally titled "No Greater Love" and published by ...

EMERGING MARKETS REPORT Vietnam allows more foreign ownership in banks
MarketWatch - USA
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- In a move to further liberalize its banking sector, Vietnam will allow foreign strategic investors to hold a stake of up to 15% in ...
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VIETNAM: DUE PROCESS VIOLATED IN TRIAL FOR CHRISTIAN ATTORNEYS
Compass Direct News - Santa Ana,CA,USA
Khanh has written several polite letters to Vietnam’s prime minister and other high officials asking permission to visit her husband and expressing concern ...
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UC Davis Professor Relates Vietnam War from 'Perfect Spy's' Eyes
UC Davis - Davis,CA,USA
Berman, an expert on the American presidency and the Vietnam War, first met Pham Xuan An in 2001 at a Saigon dinner party. He spent five years cultivating ...
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Vietnam needs reforms : Vu Khoan
Nation Multimedia - Bangkok,Thailand
Vietnam needed to maintain annual economic growth of at least 8 per cent for more than a decade in order to achieve the same gross domestic product per ...
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Kerry Vietnam controversy comes to Gainesville
Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA
Gainesville anti-war activist Scott Camil, a former Marine who served two tours in Vietnam, has a two-day deposition scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday in ...
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Vietnam vows to further reforms
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
HO CHI MINH CITY, April 23: Vietnam will shrug off its underdeveloped status as it pushes ahead with renewal, strives to ensure environmental protection, ...
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Vietnam Veteran Lives on Raft to Raise Money for Program
Left, Vietnam War veteran Bill Sampsel talks on a cell phone on Saturday while living on a raft anchored off the Florida Keys near Marathon. He is raising money to build a facility to help veterans rehabilitate. ...
Veterans Today - US Military... - http://www.veteranstoday.com

"Our Generation's Vietnam"
By mcjoan
We've talked at length, my soldiers and myself, and a term that comes up often is, 'this is our generation's Vietnam.' I don't think this can be won. We're caught in the middle of a civil war.... The people that were against us, ...
Daily Kos - http://www.dailykos.com

US Soldier: Iraq Is "Our Generation's Vietnam"
By owillis@gmail.com (Oliver Willis)
"We've talked at length, my soldiers and myself, and a term that comes up often is this is our generation's Vietnam," said US Army Staff Sgt. Matthew St. Pierre. "I don't think this can be won, we're caught in the middle of a civil war. ...
Oliver Willis - http://www.oliverwillis.com/

Video: US Sergeant: Iraq is our Vietnam [VIDEO]
By Evan Derkacz
War can't be won...
AlterNet.org: Video - http://www.alternet.org/

Soldier: Iraq "Lost", "Our Vietnam"
By A Big Fat Slob(A Big Fat Slob)
From AlterNet, a CNN International report in which

Author Uncloaked Vietnam Blunders
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Attention first came his way after the New York Times sent him to cover the fighting in Southeast Asia in the early 1960s, when opposition to the Vietnam ...
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Letter from Ho Chi Minh: Vietnam, a little dragon on the rise
Nation Multimedia - Bangkok,Thailand
"Vietnam is a good country to invest in and its people are great," said Arthur Ting, chairman of the Taiwan-based Central Trading and Development Group. ...
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Liberty launches new workplace safety research centre in Vietnam
Nhan Dan - Hanoi,Vietnam
Workplace safety is still a major concern in Vietnam, with close to 6000 work-related accidents resulting in 536 deaths and 6088 occupational injuries in ...
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Vietnam's industrial pollution 'choking rivers
Environmental Data Interactive - UK
Industrial pollution is rendering water in Vietnam's