January 18, 2012
After decades spent on reclaiming wasteland, farmers reacted violently to authorities seeking to revoke land Police officials and soldiers checking for mine at on the farmland of Doan Van Vuon in Hai Phong City’s Tien Lang District. Vuon’s relatives reportedly set mines and shot at police officials and soldiers revoking their farmland under a [...]
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January 13, 2012
Rubble of a house that was alleged to be wrongly destroyed by authorities in the northern port city of Hai Phong after a controversial land revocation on January 5. Questions remain unanswered at a Thursday press briefing regarding a controversial land revocation that led to a violent confrontation with farmers in the northern port city of Hai Phong. [...]
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January 2, 2012
Alternative exhibition spaces are striving to develop in Vietnam 20 years after they first came on the scene An artist performing his work at the ‘Shaping a Line’ exhibition, opening from July 28 to September 8, at San Art in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo courtesy of SanArt. Artists are famous, if not notorious, [...]
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December 12, 2011
A person thought to be Panama’s former dictator (1983-89) Manuel Noriega (C) is lifted onto a wheelchair upon arrival at Renacer prison, 25 km south east of Panama City. Former strongman Manuel Noriega returned home to face justice in Panama after serving more than 20 years in prisons in the United States and France for [...]
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December 12, 2011
A Hanoi surgeon removes a clot and fluid that had formed around a man's heart for nearly 20 years after he was butted by a buffalo at age 2 . A 21-year-old man in north central Vietnam has been living with pain for almost 20 years because his heart was damaged in a buffalo attack. [...]
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July 2, 2011
Three Nigerians react as they received jail terms of between 20 years and life Wednesday for trafficking drugs in Ho Chi Minh City. A court in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday handed down a life sentence to a Nigerian for trafficking drugs, VnExpress reported.  The HCMC People’s Court convicted Ben Blessed, 31, of leading two [...]
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November 15, 2010
The environmental advocacy group Greenpeace has called for the adoption of “readily available” food security solutions instead of hugely problematic ones like genetically engineered rice. “Genetically engineered (GE) rice is sometimes proposed as a solution to the impacts of climate change although there is no evidence that GE crops can play a role in [...]
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December 19, 2009
Shocked by being banned from leaving Vietnam, the former general director of Jetstar Pacific, is working with competent agencies to make clear all of the airline’s matters during his term of office. Mr. Luong Hoai Nam. Former Jetstar Pacific’s General Director banned from leaving VietnamFinance Ministry discloses pay of SCIC officialsBig losses but huge salaries – [...]
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November 14, 2009
Five-year-old Tran Ngoc Bao Tran is examined by a doctor in Ho Chi Minh City. An American charity organization gives accident victims and children with cleft lips the opportunity for acceptance. She has no nose and her face is covered completely by burns. Her nostrils are two small holes, surrounded by brown, wrinkled skin. She [...]
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October 3, 2009
LookAtVietnam – “20 Years of Smiles – A Journey of Miracles” will be celebrated next month with free surgeries and treatment for 2,000 children with facial deformities across the country. Three-year-old Ly Van Tuyen before (L) and after undergoing a free surgery funded by Operation Smile Vietnam July 2009Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Operation Smile [...]
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