December 31, 2011
 Beautiful stalactites and stalagmites inside the new cave in Bac Kan Province Caves always carry an aura of mystery and wonder about them. We were reminded of that very strongly when we visited a newly found cave in the northern province of Bac Kan. The stalactites and stalagmites of different shapes and colors were [...]
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September 25, 2011
A mummy found inside a wooden coffin at a construction site in Dong Nai’s Long Thanh District (Photo: VNA). Vietnamese scientists found a mummy in an tomb believed to date back more than 200 years ago in the southern province of Dong Nai on Friday. The tomb was found in Cau Xeo area, Long Thanh [...]
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August 6, 2011
Chilean ex-miners carry a portable platform with a religious image during a ceremony in Copiapo, 700 kms north of Santiago, to commemorate the first anniversary of the mining accident which left 33 miners buried in the shafts for 68 days Miners who were trapped underground for over two months led Chile Friday in marking the [...]
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June 4, 2011
International experts condemn China for disrupting Vietnam’s legal marine activities and urged the country to be better prepared for the next encounter Fishermen unloading tunas in the central province of Binh Thuan. On Sunday, Vietnam condemned China for increasing regional tensions and said it would do everything necessary to protect its territorial integrity after [...]
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May 6, 2011
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini (not in picture) wearing translation earphones in Rome, May 5, 2011. Extensive surveillance of Osama bin Laden’s hideout from a nearby CIA safe house in Abbottabad led to his killing in a Navy SEALs operation, US officials said, a revelation likely [...]
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March 29, 2011
Reactors No. 1 to 4 are seen at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant in Fukushima in this satellite file image, taken and released by DigitalGlobe March 18, 2011 Japanese authorities evacuated workers on Sunday from a reactor building they were working in after radiation in water at the crippled nuclear power plant reached potentially lethal [...]
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March 23, 2011
Police in Bavet, Cambodia, raided the Chateau Casino in January, freeing 10 Vietnamese gamblers who were being held against their will by loan sharks Last month, Vietnam was rocked by the shocking confession of Tran Thuy Lieu, 41. After nearly four weeks of media innuendo and heavy police interrogation, Lieu’s sisters convinced her to admit [...]
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December 29, 2009
A picture taken on December 7 shows pedestrians on Dinh Liet Street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter. Tradition and convenience of location mean cramped houses are not a deterrent. She stands in the narrow doorway, a dark tunnel stretching behind her, illuminated by a patch of light half a block away. Inside the tunnel are tiny [...]
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December 29, 2009
Bonze Vu Khac Minh (R) who has been preserved in this sitting posture since his death in the 17th century and a replica at Dau Pagoda A Vietnamese expert strips the mystery surrounding a unique process used to preserve Buddhist monksâ bodies in China and Vietnam. When Nguyen Lan Cuong was called in to restore [...]
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December 5, 2009
Le Van (L) of Quang Nam Province moves an encasement he claims contains his dead wifeâs remains Bereaved husband would rather live with dead woman than the âcold-heartedâ world. A man in Quang Nam Province has been sleeping next to his dead wife for four years.Le Van, 56, said he had dug up her body [...]
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