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Motorbike burns after refill in central Vietnam 

January 13, 2012
Motorbike burns after refill in central Vietnam 

A burnt motorbike at a gas station in Thua Thien-Hue Province on January 13   A Yamaha motorbike caught fire right after being refilled at a gas station in central Vietnam on Friday. No one was injured in the accident. Many people around the gas station in Thua Thien-Hue Province panicked because they were afraid [...]

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US veteran gives back in Da Nang 

December 30, 2011
US veteran gives back in Da Nang 

US veteran Chuck Palazzo with Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange in Da Nang in central Vietnam. US veteran Chuck Palazzo has spent the past 40 years compensating victims of the Agent Orange he helped spray during his 13 months serving in the Vietnam War. Palazzo arrived in Da Nang in central Vietnam in 1970 as [...]

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US veteran gives back in Da Nang 

December 21, 2011
US veteran gives back in Da Nang 

US veteran Chuck Palazzo with Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange in Da Nang in central Vietnam. US veteran Chuck Palazzo has spent the past 40 years compensating victims of the Agent Orange he helped spray during his 13 months serving in the Vietnam War. Palazzo arrived in Da Nang in central Vietnam in 1970 as [...]

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Vietnam seeks $500 mln to clear war-era bombs, mines 

December 9, 2011
Vietnam seeks $500 mln to clear war-era bombs, mines 

Soldiers study a 2,000lb bomb dropped by the US Airforce during the Vietnam War in A Luoi, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. Vietnam is seeking US$500 million in assistance from domestic and international sources to help clear war-era bombs and mines and reduce the difficulties for its people and land contaminated by unexploded ordnance, [...]

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Planting chemicals likely cause fatal dermatitis in central Vietnam 

November 26, 2011
Planting chemicals likely cause fatal dermatitis in central Vietnam 

Skin ulcers on a person in central Vietnam. The condition has not been named and its cause is suspected to be plant protection chemicals.   Dermatologists suggested that strange skin ulcers affecting many people in central Vietnam is caused by plant protection chemicals.   The conclusion was made by experts at the Vietnam Central Dermatology Hospital after [...]

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Dam likely culprit behind central Vietnam quake: geophysicist 

November 21, 2011
Dam likely culprit behind central Vietnam quake: geophysicist 

Song Tranh 2 hydropower dam in central Vietnam A small earthquake with underground explosion sounds in central Vietnam on Wednesday night might have been caused by a local hydropower dam, an expert says.   The earthquake was recorded in Quang Nam Province at a magnitude of lower than 3.5 on the Richter scale.   Dr [...]

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Sea lion dies in central Vietnam after two months in captivity 

October 12, 2011
Sea lion dies in central Vietnam after two months in captivity 

The sea lion caught in Quang Binh in August. A sea lion found in central Vietnam in August has died after two months in the pond of a local fisherman, he said Monday. Nguyen Van Dien from Quang Binh Province had been authorized to take care of the animal for 20 days after he spotted [...]

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Vietnam War bomb kills two scrap collectors 

September 18, 2011
Vietnam War bomb kills two scrap collectors 

The scene of an explosion that killed two scrap collectors in central Vietnam. The pair were attempting to cut up a Vietnam War era bomb. A Vietnam War-era bomb exploded and killed two men who were cutting it up for scrap metal in the central Vietnamese province of Phu Yen last Friday, the Dan Tri [...]

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$100 bln treasure hunting allowed to resume in central Vietnam 

August 1, 2011
$100 bln treasure hunting allowed to resume in central Vietnam 

Tran Van Tiep (R), 97, has been allowed to explore a mountain in central Vietnam for treasure. Authorities in the central province of Binh Thuan have allowed a man to continue exploring a local mountain for treasure believed to be worth some US$100 billion after terminating the project in February.   Tran Van Tiep, a 97-year-old citizen from Ho [...]

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Thousand-year-old artifacts unearthed in central Vietnam 

July 9, 2011
Thousand-year-old artifacts unearthed in central Vietnam 

The 2,500-year-old earring uncovered at a dig site in the Ham Thuan Bac District in the central coastal province of Binh Thuan. This week, a team of Vietnamese archaeologists unearthed a cache of 3,000 year-old artifacts in central Vietnam. Experts from the General Museum in Quang Ngai Province announced that the find includes several artifacts [...]

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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...