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7 arrested as 6 cops shot in northern Vietnam clash 

January 9, 2012
7 arrested as 6 cops shot in northern Vietnam clash 

Police deactivate mines set up at the entrance to the house of Doan Van Vuon in the northern city of Hai Phong. Six cops were shot in an encounter with Vuon's family on January 5. A man who allegedly shot six officers when his family was trying to stop police from revoking their land in [...]

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Lawsuits, confusion taint local art contests 

January 7, 2012
Lawsuits, confusion taint local art contests 

   Tran Tuy’s Khuc dong ca (a children’s song) (Under), which was eerily reminiscent of photographer Duy Anh’s Tiep buoc cha ong (Follow in the ancestor’s footsteps) (Above). Since the list of award-winning works were announced in June, a provincial literature and arts contest in central Vietnam has received several petitions of denouncement regarding a [...]

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Vietnam loss-making shipbuilding giant sued in London 

November 12, 2011
Vietnam loss-making shipbuilding giant sued in London 

  A Dutch company has filed a lawsuit in a London court, against Vietnam state-owned shipping giant Vinashin, and 21 of its Vietnamese subsidiaries. According to a BBC report, the Commercial Court under the Court Queen’s Bench on November 1 received a lawsuit filed by Elliott VIN Netherlands BV, a source from the court confirmed [...]

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Bank of America kept AIG legal threat under wraps 

August 31, 2011
Bank of America kept AIG legal threat under wraps 

The American International Group (AIG) building is seen in New York's financial district March 16, 2009. Top Bank of America Corp lawyers knew as early as January that American International Group Inc was prepared to sue the bank for more than $10 billion, seven months before the lawsuit was filed, according to sources familiar with [...]

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Lawsuit accuses ‘Three Cups of Tea’ author of fraud 

May 7, 2011
Lawsuit accuses ‘Three Cups of Tea’ author of fraud 

This undated file photo provided by New Mark Communications shows Greg Mortenson of Roseville, Minn., who founded the Central Asia Institute, a Montana-based organization which builds schools for girls in remote tribal areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Greg Mortenson, author of the bestseller “Three Cups of Tea,” was sued for fraud on Friday in a [...]

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Disabled man drags himself up the stairs at district court: report 

December 22, 2010
Disabled man drags himself up the stairs at district court: report 

63-year-old An Van Chau sits on the steps at the People's Court in District 4, Ho Chi Minh City A 63-year-old man on a wheelchair had to drag himself upstairs at a court in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 4 to file a lawsuit that had been rejected twice. An Van Chau was asked to [...]

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‘Public work’ does not confer infallibility 

December 7, 2010
‘Public work’ does not confer infallibility 

Scooters wade through flooded Nguyen Huu Canh Street in Binh Thanh District When we were young, we were taught that if we did something wrong, knowingly or otherwise, we must apologize, accept responsibility and make things right. There were no exceptions. No one was exempt from this common-sense rule. Authorities in particular would not be [...]

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Rome court dismisses Vietnam Airlines appeal

October 29, 2009
Rome court dismisses Vietnam Airlines appeal

Vietnam Airlines said a court in Rome has rejected its appeal against a ruling in 2000 which ordered the carrier to pay 5.2 million euros (US$7.6 million) to an Italian lawyer. Although the airline has not received any official document, some sources confirmed the rejection of the appeal, spokesman Le Hoang Dung told Thoi Bao [...]

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Switzerland selling UBS stake after US tax accord

August 21, 2009
Switzerland selling UBS stake after US tax accord

People enter and leave the building of Swiss bank UBS in Midtown Manhattan in New York City on Wednesday The Swiss government is selling its 6 billion-Swiss franc investment in UBS AG, the country’s biggest bank, a day after signing an agreement with the US on data on bank clients suspected of evading taxes. 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...