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Authorities avoid questions on northern Vietnam controversial land revocation  

January 13, 2012
Authorities avoid questions on northern Vietnam controversial land revocation  

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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Journalist arrested on bribery charges in Vietnam metro 

January 2, 2012
Journalist arrested on bribery charges in Vietnam metro 

Nguyen Van Khuong, a Tuoi Tre journalist, has been arrested for allegedly giving bribes. Police in Ho Chi Minh City Monday arrested a journalist at Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on charges of “giving bribes.” Nguyen Van Khuong, 39, who is famous for his articles on traffic police corruption under the penname Hoang Khuong, was allegedly involved in the [...]

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WikiLeaks suspect makes first court appearance 

December 16, 2011
WikiLeaks suspect makes first court appearance 

Supporters of US Army Private Bradley Manning, an Army intelligence analyst, attach banners to the perimeter fence of US Army Fort George G. Meade, where Manning’s hearing began Friday. A US soldier accused of giving classified documents to WikiLeaks appeared in court Friday for the first time, with the defense immediately alleging the military hearing [...]

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Health workers face charges in infant's dissapearance in Hanoi 

November 8, 2011
Health workers face charges in infant's dissapearance in Hanoi 

A newborn at the Hanoi-based National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, where an infant went missing on November 3. The family of a newborn who went missing in a Hanoi-based hospital last week has proposed related agencies to press charges against the hospital’s health workers, VnExpress reported Monday. In his letter to the capital’s police [...]

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Philippines fines Vietnamese fishermen in fishing scam 

September 22, 2011
Philippines fines Vietnamese fishermen in fishing scam 

Vietnamese fishermen at a detention center in Palawan Province in the Philippines in August. The Filipino authorities have ordered 122 Vietnamese fishermen who were acquitted of territorial waters violation charges last month to pay a total of 6.1 million peso (US$140,975) in fines, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Saturday. However, the Vietnamese embassy in Manila on Friday [...]

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Cops arrested for taking bribes in northern Vietnam 

September 3, 2011

  Two police officers in the northern province of Bac Kan were arrested Wednesday on charges of accepting VND40 million (US$1,920) in bribes in a case involving the transport of illegal wood in 2009, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. According to the inspectors from the province’s prosecution office, while handling the case between December 11 [...]

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Philippines drops charges against Vietnamese fishermen 

September 3, 2011

  Prosecutors in the Philippines on Wednesday dropped charges against 37 Vietnamese fishermen who were accused of catching some of the country’s rare marine species, the Vietnam News Agency reported. However, the local judge is still considering  the issue before deciding whether or not exempt the fishermen on two boats skippered by Tran Hut and Nguyen [...]

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Prosecutors delay charges in journalist murder trial 

September 1, 2011
Prosecutors delay charges in journalist murder trial 

Tran Thi Lieu, 40, faces charges of murdering her husband Le Hoang Hung on January 19 in the southern province of Long An. Prosecutors in the southern province of Long An Thursday said they have decided to delay charging a woman for murdering her husband, a former reporter, Tuoi Tre reported Friday. Cao Minh Tri, [...]

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Hotel maid in Strauss-Kahn case speaks out 

July 25, 2011
Hotel maid in Strauss-Kahn case speaks out 

ABC's Robin Roberts talks to the alleged victim in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case, Nafissatou Diallo in New York The New York hotel maid who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempting to rape her said in an interview published on Newsweek’s website on Sunday that he appeared as a "crazy man" and attacked her [...]

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IMF chief set for release on bail in sex case 

May 20, 2011
IMF chief set for release on bail in sex case 

Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn (C) arrives for his bail hearing at State Supreme Court, in New York. Dominique Strauss-Kahn was set for release on bail Friday, allowing the once powerful IMF chief to be reunited with his family for the first time since his arrest on sex assault charges. A New York court ordered [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...