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16 hrs ago | The West Australian

Atlantic rises on Vietnam bauxite mine deal

Perth-based Atlantic has signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a 25 million tonnes per annum bauxite mine in Vietnam.

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Sun Dec 20, 2009

China Digital Times

As China Exports Labor, a Backlash Grows

It seemed as if this village in northern Vietnam had struck gold when a Chinese and a Japanese company arrived to jointly build a coal-fired power plant.

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Sat Dec 19, 2009

VietNamNet

Nature & nurture,

They grow their crops on the rocks and walk several kilometers of steep, cold mountain roads to buy and sell small goods, but the Mong families on the Dong Van Plateau are some of the most hospitable in the world.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, World News, Travel, Vietnam Travel

New Straits Times

Vietnamese to be charged with trafficking in women

HANOI: Four people will be charged with trafficking in 400 women who were sent to Malaysia and other Asian countries.

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Fri Dec 18, 2009

The Tocqueville Connection

Vietnam seeks military deals with France: state media

Minister Thanh asked France to help Vietnam train its army medical personnel and sell the country helicopters, transport aircraft and other modern military equipment, Voice of Vietnam said.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Nguyen Tan Dung

Thu Dec 17, 2009

Thanh Nein News

Vietnamese student dead in Singapore dorm

A Vietnamese student was found dead in a closet in her dorm room in Singapore last Tuesday , local police said, adding she is likely to have died at least two days earlier.

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Penticton Herald

Vietnamese followers of famed Zen master seek asylum in France after pressure from officials

In this May 20, 2007 file photo, Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh is seen upon his arrival at Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok.

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Related Topix: Thich Nhat Hanh, New-Age, Southeast Asia, World News, Nicolas Sarkozy

Wed Dec 16, 2009

Energy Tribune

Gazprom, Petrovietnam Sign Joint Venture Deal

Russian energy giant Gazprom and Vietnam's oil and gas group Petrovietnam signed on Tuesday an agreement on establishing a joint venture.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Southeast Asia, Nguyen Tan Dung

Human Rights Watch

Vietnam: End Attacks on Bat Nha Buddhists

Heavy-handed tactics by Vietnam's central government to disband followers of Thich Nhat Hanh, a prominent Buddhist monk who has called for religious reforms, illustrate Vietnam's ongoing contempt for human rights and religious freedom, Human Rights Watch said today.

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Related Topix: Thich Nhat Hanh, New-Age, Charitable Organizations, World News,

Viet Nam News

Reinsurers ink $1.5b deal

International reinsurers CV Starr, AON, Chartis, Zurich and Allianz have jointly signed a US$1.5 billion contract in Ha Noi covering onshore projects and assets for the PetroVietnam Insurance Joint stock Co .

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Tue Dec 15, 2009

Tass

Russia, Vietnam intend to enlarge bilateral trade to $10 billion

Russia-Vietnam trade will grow six-fold to $10 billion within the next few years, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said after Tuesday negotiations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Nguyen Tan Dung, Vladimir Putin

Associated Content

Visiting Hue in Vietnam

For two hundred years Hue was the capital of a feudal dynasty that controlled most of southern Vietnam.

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Related Topix: Travel, Vietnam Travel, Hanoi, Vietnam Travel, World News,

Mon Dec 14, 2009

KATU-TV Portland

Vietnam vets return to the battlefields in a bid to end the war in their souls

Mike Phillips remembers walking to his hooch from the communal hut in the smothering darkness of the Mekong River delta.

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Related Topix: Medford, OR, Life, Veteran Affairs, World News, White City, OR

Business Times

General Corp subsidiary to invest in Vietnam

GENERAL Corp Bhd's 52 per cent unit, Low Keng Huat Ltd , has formed a joint venture company called OSC-Duxton Joint Venture Co Ltd to invest in a seafront development project in Vietnam.

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Sun Dec 13, 2009

VietNamNet

My Vietnam: San Francisco architect Mel Schenck

San Francisco architect Mel Schenck, now settled in HCM City City, share his views on his new home.

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Sat Dec 12, 2009

Prensa Latina

Vietnamese President Tours Europe

Hanoi, Dec 9 The Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet will arrive to Rome Wednesday in his first stop over of a tour through Europe that will also include Spain and Slovakia, after a stop over in the Vatican An official communiqu emphasize that Minh Triet travelled along with First Vice Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem, the ...

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Related Topix: Nguyen Minh Triet, Europe, World News, Slovakia, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Pope Benedict XVI, Southeast Asia

Fri Dec 11, 2009

Boston.com

Pope, Vietnamese president meet

Pope Benedict XVI and the president of Vietnam have held long talks at the Vatican, amid reports that the Communist country is seeking diplomatic ties with the Holy See.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Pope Benedict XVI, Southeast Asia, World News, Nguyen Minh Triet

Thu Dec 10, 2009

VietNamNet

Study eyes bird flu cases in children

Viet Nam kicked off an avian influenza survey on 12,000 over seven-year-olds in Thua Thien Hue and Tien Giang provinces, and Ha Noi yesterday, December 9. "Outbreaks of avian influenza have occurred in almost all provinces in Viet Nam, yet the frequency of human infection among exposed populations remains unknown". "Outbreaks of avian influenza ...

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Related Topix: Bird Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, World News,

Earth Times

Mob harasses dissident Vietnamese monks and nuns

A large mob Thursday surrounded a pagoda for a second day where 190 monks and nuns had taken refuge, members of the group said.

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Related Topix: World News, Thich Nhat Hanh, New-Age

VietNamNet

Websites under scrutiny over pornography claims

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Information and Communications to conduct a comprehensive inspection of websites after local media sources ran stories featuring websites with large young readerships that hosted violent and pornographic information.

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