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Three dead, one injured as bus crashes into two motorbikes 

January 25, 2012
Three dead, one injured as bus crashes into two motorbikes 

  Three people were killed and one seriously injured Saturday after a speeding bus crashed into two motorbikes on a highway in the south central province of Binh Thuan. Local police said the passenger bus, driven by Luong Hung Dung, 31, was traveling from Phan Thiet City in Binh Thuan Province to Quang Ngai Province [...]

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Tree falls on camping high schoolers, injuring 9 

January 16, 2012
Tree falls on camping high schoolers, injuring 9 

The large rotted tree which fell on a tent where students of Nguyen Dinh Chieu High School were camping in Tien Giang Province on Saturday. Nine high school students were injured Saturday after a tree fell on a tent where they were camping in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper [...]

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Stampede to see Santa injures 8 at school in northern Vietnam 

December 25, 2011
Stampede to see Santa injures 8 at school in northern Vietnam 

One of the eight students who were injured in a stampede when hundreds rushed to see a Santa Claus in the northern province of Vinh Phuc Friday Eight elementary school students from northern Vinh Phuc province were injured when hundreds of children rushed to see a Santa Claus Friday, VnExpress reported. According to the local news website, [...]

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Two dead, 15 injured in bus-truck-car collision 

November 19, 2011
Two dead, 15 injured in bus-truck-car collision 

  Two people, including a British woman, were killed and 15 injured after a bus crashed into a truck and a car in the northern province of Quang Ninh on Wednesday (November 16). At around 10 a.m., the bus carrying some 10 passengers crashed into a truck traveling the opposite direction on National Highway 18A [...]

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Accidents waiting to happen 

September 23, 2011
Accidents waiting to happen 

  Mafia-esque bus transportation system a no-holds-barred race fraught with risk Buses wait to pick up passengers on the road outside the Giap Bat Bus Station in Hanoi It took 30 minutes for the bus to travel just one kilometer as it inched its way out of the My Dinh Terminal in Hanoi at around [...]

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Two dead, 15 injured as bus crashes into parked truck 

July 20, 2011
Two dead, 15 injured as bus crashes into parked truck 

The injured passengers being treated at Cho Ray Hospital in HCMC. Two people died and 10 others were injured after a 16-seat bus crashed into a truck on a highway section in the Mekong Delta province of Long An early Monday morning. The accident happened at around 4 a.m. when the bus was traveling from [...]

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Oil tank explosion kills one, injures 12 in southern Vietnam 

July 6, 2011
Oil tank explosion kills one, injures 12 in southern Vietnam 

The site of an oil tank explosion that killed one and injured 12 others in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on Monday. One person was killed and 12 others were injured when an oil tank exploded in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang Monday.   Eye-witness accounts say the incident happened about [...]

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Speeding leads to highway deaths 

June 19, 2011
Speeding leads to highway deaths 

  Reckless driving and frequent tire blow outs have plagued Vietnam’s most advanced roadway The bus involved in the accident on June 13 that killed 8 people and injured 10 others on the Ho Chi Minh City-Trung Luong Highway Investigations into a recent highway accident, which killed eight and injured 10, has indicated that speeding [...]

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2 workers killed, 2 injured in industrial accident 

June 10, 2011
2 workers killed, 2 injured in industrial accident 

  Two workers were killed and two others injured after a crane broke down at a construction site of Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard Company in Khanh Hoa Province on Tuesday. The accident happened when the overloaded crane broke and fell onto the heads of workers on the ground. Le Bao Toan, 33, died instantly and Hoang Quang Thao, [...]

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7 killed in 3 consecutive accidents on National Highway 

June 5, 2011
7 killed in 3 consecutive accidents on National Highway 

  Seven people were killed and five others injured, on Friday evening, in a trio of highway accidents on a section of the National Highway 1A in the northern Vietnamese province of Ha Tinh. The first accident occurred at around 9 p.m. when a packed seven-seater plunged off a cliff near a highway bypass in Ha Tinh Province’s Ky Phuong Commune. Five of the [...]

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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...