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Defending champs held at home in Vietnam Super League 

January 18, 2012
Defending champs held at home in Vietnam Super League 

Song Lam Nghe An players (yellow) mark Nigerian striker Samson Kayode Olaleye of visitors Hanoi T&T in a Super League match in Vinh city Sunday. Defending Vietnamese Super League champions Song Lam Nghe An were held 2-2 at home by Hanoi T&T in the third round Sunday. Both teams played fast football from the start, [...]

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Endangered chimpanzees come to Vietnam zoo 

January 16, 2012
Endangered chimpanzees come to Vietnam zoo 

Chimpanzees at the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Tuoi Tre). Two chimpanzees were placed on display at the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. The endangered primates came to Vietnam from from a Japanese zoo, with the male weighing 70 [...]

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Saigon Heat penalizes former NBA star 

January 9, 2012
Saigon Heat penalizes former NBA star 

  American basketball star Julius Hodge, who joined Ho Chi Minh City-based club Saigon Heat less than a month ago, has already been penalized for “inappropriate behavior” during training, a local web site reported. The former National Basketball Association player was expected to beef up the club, which was established two months ago, to compete [...]

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Super League makes impressive start 

January 3, 2012
Super League makes impressive start 

The derby between Saigon FC (Blue) and Navibank Saigon ended in a 2-2 draw at Thong Nhat Stadium on Sunday. Twenty goals from seven matches were not many, but the first round of Vietnam’s top-tier Super League on the weekend was generally thrilling. The most exciting match on Sunday was perhaps the scoreless draw at [...]

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Leverage the heritage 

January 2, 2012
Leverage the heritage 

  Hotels in Vietnam trade on the past to further their 21st century ambitions Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, which hosted well-known novelists such as Graham Greene and Somerset Maugham, is famous with classic French architecture After the sun sinks among the limestone karsts of Ha Long Bay, the stars come out, to pepper the [...]

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National Cup champs Navibank Saigon dethroned 

December 30, 2011
National Cup champs Navibank Saigon dethroned 

Binh Dinh players celebrate after dethroning National Cup champions Navibank Saigon to advance to the quarterfinals. National Cup champions Navibank Saigon were dethroned on their home ground at Ho Chi Minh City’s Thong Nhat Stadium after losing 3-4 to underdogs Binh Dinh on Sunday. The strikers of the hosts displayed pretty good performances, but the [...]

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National Cup champs Navibank Saigon dethroned 

December 27, 2011
National Cup champs Navibank Saigon dethroned 

Binh Dinh players celebrate after dethroning National Cup champions Navibank Saigon to advance to the quarterfinals. National Cup champions Navibank Saigon were dethroned on their home ground at Ho Chi Minh City’s Thong Nhat Stadium after losing 3-4 to underdogs Binh Dinh on Sunday. The strikers of the hosts displayed pretty good performances, but the [...]

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SLNA wins fourth super cup after penalty shootout 

December 21, 2011
SLNA wins fourth super cup after penalty shootout 

Song Lam Nghe An with the 2011 Super Cup Trophy. Photo by VnExpress Top-tier V-League champs Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) won the super cup after beating the National Cup champs Navibank Saigon 3-1 in a penalty shootout at Vinh Stadium on Saturday. The visitors, Navibank Saigon from Ho Chi Minh City, looked tired after [...]

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Shareholders approve merger of three Vietnamese banks 

December 17, 2011
Shareholders approve merger of three Vietnamese banks 

Vietnam Tin Nghia, Ficombank and Saigon Commercial Bank will be merged into a new lender. Around 90 percent of shareholders at three local banks, Vietnam Tin Nghia, Ficombank and Saigon Commercial Bank, have voted in favor of the merger of the three. They also reached an agreement Thursday that the new bank formed by the merger [...]

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Marked for life 

December 12, 2011
Marked for life 

  A man having a compass tattoo on Bui Vien Street. Ho Chi Minh City with the believing it could guide him and stop him from getting lost Not too long ago, they were more than a rarity, they were simply not there. Today, nearly 20 tattoo shops have registered in Ho Chi Minh City’s backpacker [...]

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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...