January 18, 2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: part 2 will finally be released in Vietnam this February, six months after opening in theaters worldwide. A high school netizen who goes by Bella Binh says she shed tears in class last week upon hearing that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: part 2 will finally be released [...]
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January 11, 2012
Pham Thi My Linh, 19, had her jail term cut to six months at a trial in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday. The girl pleaded guilty to charges of "acting against people on public mission." An appeal court in Ho Chi Minh City Monday reduced the jail term for a 19-year-old girl who caused a stir [...]
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January 3, 2012
Leeches have been spreading rapidly in Ho Chi Minh City ’s Hoc Mon District. Locals began breeding them based on demand from China , but dumped them in local fields and other areas after the main buyer closed shop three months ago. Vietnam’s agriculture ministry has issued a ban on the breeding of leeches [...]
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December 31, 2011
Artist Karishma Kannan poses next to a work in progress at her residence on November 23, 2011 It has been said that a picture is a poem without words. It has also been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Karishma Kannan’s pictures live up to both these definitions, telling a poetic [...]
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December 31, 2011
New circular sets out in detail rights of arrestees to demand legal assistance, and for defense lawyers to ask for change of principal investigator A trial in Ho Chi Minh City. A new circular sets out detailed procedures to ensure an arrestee’s rights when criminal cases are being investigated. The Da Lat People’s Court [...]
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December 23, 2011
Earthquake damage to Christchurch Cathedral in the New Zealand South Island city is seen in September 2011. New Zealand’s Christchurch was rocked by a fresh series of powerful earthquakes on Friday, sending terrified people fleeing into the streets 10 months after a devastating quake claimed 181 lives. Two shallow quakes of magnitude 5.8 and [...]
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December 21, 2011
A BlackBerry handset is displayed in Washington, December 15, 2011. Research In Motion Ltd has turned down takeover overtures from Amazon.com Inc and other potential buyers because the BlackBerry maker prefers to fix its problems on its own, according to people with knowledge of the situation. Amazon hired an investment bank this summer to review [...]
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December 20, 2011
Travel agencies already struggling in difficult economic conditions will be hit hard by the latest hike in domestic airfares, industry insiders say. The agencies face both losses on tours already booked and cancellations of bookings because of higher tour prices. In fact, the airfare hike makes foreign tours more attractive to local customers, they [...]
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December 19, 2011
A photo on AsianScientist showing a mother and her baby. A new mass media campaign in Vietnam asks mothers to feed their babies early and exclusively with breast milk for at least the first six months. A mass media campaign launched in Vietnam December 14 asks parents to ensure exclusive and continued breastfeeding during the early part of [...]
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November 26, 2011
Vietnam’s inflation slowed for a third month in November, and the central bank signaled it may consider lowering interest rates. Consumer prices rose 19.83 percent from a year earlier, after climbing 21.59 percent in October, the General Statistics Office said in Hanoi Friday. The State Bank of Vietnam has room to cut policy rates [...]
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Amazon weighed buying RIM, interest cooled
A BlackBerry handset is displayed in Washington, December 15, 2011. Research In Motion Ltd has turned down takeover overtures from Amazon.com Inc and other potential buyers because the BlackBerry maker prefers to fix its problems on its own, according to people with knowledge of the situation. Amazon hired an investment bank this summer to review [...]
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