December 20, 2011
No disciplinary measures taken after civil aviation authority finds national carrier breached its own procedures and regulations A Vietnam Airlines aircraft taxiing at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport. The national flag carrier has broken its own rules in hiring foreign pilots, an inquiry has found. National carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) has been breaking its [...]
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November 26, 2011
Kyaw Ko Ko (R) celebrates after scoring Myanmar’s fourth goal in the match against Vietnam on Monday. Vietnam lost 1-4 to Myanmar in the third-place playoff match at the South East Asian Games in Indonesia on Monday. After losing to hosts Indonesia in the semifinals on Saturday, the Vietnamese Under-23s were determined to win third [...]
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November 25, 2011
A protester holds an image of former president Gloria Arroyo during a protest in front of the Supreme Court in Manila on November 22, 2011. The arrest of former Philippine leader Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for vote rigging has put President Benigno Aquino’s campaign to tackle corruption where he wants it, in the headlines as he [...]
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November 22, 2011
Do Hong Ngoc (R) fights Yunita of Indonesia before winning the gold in the women's under-48kg kempo event on Sunday. Photo by Bach Duong. Vietnamese competitors in the Japanese martial art of shorinji kempo won three golds out of the seven possible on Sunday at the South East Asian Games in Indonesia. Do Hong Ngoc [...]
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November 21, 2011
Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) directs Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (C) and his wife Tran Thanh Kiem (L) to the opening ceremony of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, November 17. Just days before US President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrive [...]
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November 21, 2011
Vietnamese under-23 footballers (L) dejected after losing to SEA Games hosts Indonesia in the semis on Saturday Vietnam lost 0-2 to hosts Indonesia in the football semifinals of the South East Asian Games at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on Saturday. The hosts launched lots of attacks and looked better throughout the game while the Vietnamese [...]
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November 19, 2011
An undated file photo taken at the Toyota Vietnam plant. Toyota President Akio Toyoda said last week the company isn’t considering reducing investment in Thailand. Japanese companies, Thailand’s biggest foreign investors, may spend more to build factories in neighbors including Indonesia and Vietnam after the worst flooding in 70 years disrupted global production. “Executives recognize [...]
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November 16, 2011
Future SEA Games should feature fewer traditional sports and focus on Olympic events, Rita Subowo said Future Southeast Asian Games should feature fewer traditional sports and focus on Olympic events if the region’s athletes are to compete at a higher level, Indonesia’s organizing body said Tuesday. Rita Subowo, president of the SEA Games organizing committee, [...]
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November 13, 2011
Accusations and denials as Vietnam Airlines co-pilot suspected of using bogus certification Passengers alight from a Vietnam Airlines plane at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. The national flag carrier is trying to verify if it recruited a South Korean pilot with bogus flight records. The Civil Aviation Authority [...]
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October 22, 2011
 Vietnam U23 footballers Long Giang (L) and Trong Hoang (R) practice in Hanoi on October 13. The draw for the 26th South East Asian Games went well enough for Vietnam’s Under-23 footballers but critics say precaution is necessary. The Wednesday draw placed Vietnam in Group B with U23 teams from Myanmar, Laos, Brunei, East [...]
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