September 1, 2011
Badminton star Nguyen Tien Minh beat Japanese rival Sho Sasaki to win the men’s singles championship at the 2011 Vietnam Open Grand Prix in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday. It took the 7th-ranked top seed Vietnamese 40 minutes to defeat the 9th-ranked second seeded Japanese 21-13, 21-17. It was Minh’s first international championship so [...]
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February 6, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Former champions Hoang Anh Gia Lai will look to make amends for their opening day V-League defeat when they host newly-promoted Hoa Phat Ha Noi tomorrow at the Pleiku Stadium.Hoang Anh Gia Lai, finishing sixth last season, had a disappointing start to the new season, suffering an ignominious defeat 4-2 against Khanh Hoa [...]
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April 12, 2009
A statue of Tran Hung Dao at Me Linh Square in Ho Chi Minh City Thereâs a reason that roads, canals, hotels and even ice cream shops in Vietnam are named Bach Dang. The site of two of Vietnamâs most important military victories over Chinese and Mongol invaders, Bach Dang River symbolizes national pride.But aside [...]
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March 3, 2009
Austrian coach Alfred Riedlâs coaching career at Hai Phong was cut short after only three games when he was fired Monday morning. The northern football club Hai Phong sacked coach Alfred Riedl Monday morning after suffering a 2-0 home loss to Nam Dinh at Lach Tray Stadium on Sunday. With the 1-0 away loss to [...]
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January 16, 2009
Vietnam’s goalkeeper Duong Hong Son (L) and Lebanon’s Akram Moghrabi fight for the ball during their AFC Asian Cup 2011 qualifying football match at My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi January 14 Henrique Calisto took Vietnamâs national football team to new heights with an impressive win over Lebanon in the Group D opening match in the [...]
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December 5, 2008
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday won approval from the governor general to suspend Parliament until the end of January, in an attempt to avoid being defeated by oppositions in a non-confidence vote scheduled next week. Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper pauses before speaking at Rideau Hall in Ottawa December 4, 2008 after meeting [...]
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November 5, 2008
Republican candidate John McCain conceded defeat in the U.S. presidential election Tuesday night, clearing the way for Barack Obama to become the first African-American president in U.S. history. U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) waves to the crowd at a midnight campaign rally in Prescott, Arizona Nov. 4, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)McCain told a crowd [...]
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November 5, 2008
Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won a landslide victory in the U.S. presidential election Tuesday. His Republican rival John McCain conceded defeat minutes later. U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) gestures that there are four days left until the U.S. presidential election at a rally in Gary, Indiana, October 31, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Short of [...]
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