January 3, 2012
The derby between Saigon FC (Blue) and Navibank Saigon ended in a 2-2 draw at Thong Nhat Stadium on Sunday. Twenty goals from seven matches were not many, but the first round of Vietnam’s top-tier Super League on the weekend was generally thrilling. The most exciting match on Sunday was perhaps the scoreless draw at [...]
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November 18, 2011
Vietnam agencies are investigating Japan’s claim that it has found genetically modified organisms (GMO) in pho (rice noodles) exported by a local company, the news website of the Vietnam Farmers’ Union reported on Thursday. According to Dan Viet, on November 11, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development asked Bich Chi Food Joint-stock Co. [...]
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October 25, 2011
Crocodiles enclosed in a bedroom near children's playground in Dong Thap after their cages flooded Crocodile farmers in southern Vietnam have moved their reptiles to boats or to their bedrooms as seasonal floods have submerged their cages. Â Many people in Dong Thap Province’s Hong Ngu Town said they’re worried the crocodiles will espace from [...]
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October 22, 2011
A photo taken on October 18 shows houses submerged by flood waters in Tan Hoa District, Quang Binh Province Devastating floods in Vietnam’s central and southern regions have killed at least 59 people and forced thousands of people to flee their homes, the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control reported Wednesday. Seasonal flooding [...]
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October 7, 2011
This picture, taken on October 5, shows a Vietnamese farmer showing a damaged sheaf of rice at his flooded rice field in Vinh Dien Commune, Giang Thanh District, Kien Giang Province of Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Massive floods have ravaged vast swathes of Asia’s rice bowl, threatening to further drive up food prices and adding to [...]
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September 4, 2011
Though he is offically with Spain’s top-tier club Atlectico Madrid now, Nigerian striker Samson Kayode Olaleye must pay the Vietnamese football club Hanoi T&T at least US$2 million if he wants to play in Europe. Olaleye is in trouble because he received a large amount of cash from Hanoi T&T and signed a memorandum [...]
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July 4, 2011
Soldiers and civilians risk their lives in removing unexploded bombs that continue to kill thousands decades after the Vietnam War Soldiers remove an unexploded bomb out of a rice field in the Mekong Delta in April Nguyen Van Cuong quit his job as bomb deactivator two years ago, but constantly thinks of the “meaningful [...]
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June 23, 2011
Students check the results of their high school graduation exams at the Marie Curie High School, Ho Chi Minh City, on Thursday. The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) on Saturday issued a statement expressly banning any instructions than the ones that it has issued for marking the recently held high school graduation exams. Â [...]
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May 27, 2011
Drowning deaths persist amid a lack of swimming courses  A mother taking her child to school on a homemade raft in the south-central province of Phu Yen Last February, Nguyen Van Ro stepped into the hold of his boat as it floated down the So Thuong River in the south-central province of Phu Yen. [...]
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May 19, 2011
Binh Duong welcomed their former coach Dant Tran Chinh back to the helm with a 3-1 home win over Navibank Saigon at the Go Dau Stadium in a V-League 14th round match on Sunday. The hosts led 3-0 after fifteen minutes and the visitors from Ho Chi Minh City could only manage a consolation [...]
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