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Newspaper calls for fresh probe into journalist’s murder 

December 6, 2011
Newspaper calls for fresh probe into journalist’s murder 

Tran Thuy Lieu (L), the wife of reporter Le Hoang Hung, and her daughter, at his funeral. The newspaper Hung used to work for said it suspects Hung’s wife is not the only culprit in his death. A Vietnamese newspaper has asked the nation’s supreme court, prosecutors and police to launch fresh investigations into the murder [...]

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Family wants trial delayed in reporter’s murder 

November 19, 2011
Family wants trial delayed in reporter’s murder 

Tran Thuy Lieu, 40, is expected to stand trial this December in the southern province of Long An for killing her husband, a former reporter. The family of a journalist who was allegedly killed by his wife in the southern province of Long An has asked a local court to delay the wife’s trial and [...]

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Speaking candidly, journalists are truly snakes 

November 11, 2011
Speaking candidly, journalists are truly snakes 

  In 1989, New Yorker writer Janet Malcolm published her famous essay, “The Journalist and the Murderer,” with its notoriously overheated opening sentence: “Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.” This was back in the era [...]

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The rebel reporter and Vietnam 

September 27, 2011
The rebel reporter and Vietnam 

Australian Journalist Wilfred Burchett (L) in a photo taken in a Vietnam's war zone, and one of his photo depicting Vietnamese children in war-time One-hundred black and white photos from 1954-1966 by legendary journalist Wilfred Burchett are on display in Hanoi to commemorate the Australian photographer’s 100th birthday (1911-1983).   Ho Chi Minh Museum is [...]

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Reporter’s murder still under investigation: report 

May 27, 2011
Reporter’s murder still under investigation: report 

Le Hoang Hung, a former reporter of Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper, was allegedly killed by his wife. The high-profile murder is currently under investigation. Police in the southern province of Long An have confirmed that the headline-grabbing murder of a former reporter is still under investigation, and not abandoned as rumored, Phap Luat TPHCM reported [...]

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Poor laborers desperate to return to quarries, despite risks 

April 26, 2011
Poor laborers desperate to return to quarries, despite risks 

  A local radio reporter in Nghe An attempted to expose safety problems at the Nghe An quarry, last November, only to be ignored by newspapers and government officials Rescuers search for the bodies of quarry employees buried in a rockslide at the Len Co Mountain stone quarry in the central province of Nghe An [...]

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Woman admits killing husband in high-profile murder 

February 23, 2011
Woman admits killing husband in high-profile murder 

Tran Thuy Lieu, the wife of reporter Le Hoang Hung, at his funeral. The wife of a murdered reporter turned herself in to Long An police Sunday, after suspicion had centered around her for nearly a month.   Police say that Tran Thuy Lieu, 40, has yet to tell police why and how she killed her [...]

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To catch a killer 

February 19, 2011
To catch a killer 

  After a month of innuendo, Long An locals express doubts that an aggressive local reporter died at the hands of his wife The charred bed of reporter Le Hoang Hung of Nguoi Lao Dong (Laborer) newspaper. He died of his wounds on January 29 after being set on fire ten days earlier. On January [...]

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Export solutions for 2010

January 2, 2010
Export solutions for 2010

What should Vietnamese businesses do to to boost exports in 2010? In 2009, Vietnam’s export turnover is likely to drop by 10 percent over 2008 and the country is facing a trade deficit due to the impact of the global economic downturn.Ass.Prof and Dr. Nguyen Tat Thang, a senior researcher from the Ministry of Industry [...]

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Consumers shell out cash for foreign goods

December 22, 2009
Consumers shell out cash for foreign goods

LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese consumers are so fond of foreign made products that they would purchase the goods at exorbitant prices. The cookies on saleConsumers are now turning to purchase of foreign-made products carried to Vietnam by travelers. They believe that foreign made goods are always superior and also cheaper since they are not subject to [...]

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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...