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Hydrofoil catches fire in southern Vietnam, no casualties 

January 17, 2012
Hydrofoil catches fire in southern Vietnam, no casualties 

Burn marks on the hydrofoil that caught fire in the southern coastal resort town of Vung Tau on January 15 A hydrofoil caught fire in the southern coastal resort of Vung Tau when it was being refueled but no casualty has been reported so far. The fire is believed to have broken out in the [...]

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Travel to build 

December 17, 2011
Travel to build 

  Australian students build a house for a poor man in Vinh Long Province in southern Vietnam early December It seems like an unusual way for Australian teenagers to spend money they earned from part-time jobs, but 13 of them recently used their savings to attend special tours in southern Vietnam where they built houses [...]

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Angelina Jolie and family leave Vietnam after retreat 

November 19, 2011
Angelina Jolie and family leave Vietnam after retreat 

  Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie (C) waves to the media as she stands with her adopted sons Pax Thien (R) from Vietnam and Maddox from Cambodia at a security check point before leaving Con Dao Island, off Vietnam’s southern coast on Wednesday (November 16) Hollywood star Angelina Jolie and her six children wrapped up their [...]

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Four hospitalized in southern Vietnam after drinking rice wine 

November 17, 2011
Four hospitalized in southern Vietnam after drinking rice wine 

Nguyen Van Men, 62, and his wife, at a southern Vietnam hospital where he and three others were sent as they fell unconscious after drinking rice wine   Four people were hospitalized in southern Vietnam on Tuesday after finishing 10 liters of rice wine at a family party.   The four men are relatives from An [...]

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Three killed as truck hits nine vehicles in southern Vietnam 

November 14, 2011
Three killed as truck hits nine vehicles in southern Vietnam 

The front of a truck, one of the nine vehicles hit by another truck in southern Vietnam on Saturday. Three people including two teenagers were killed in southern Vietnam on Saturday as a truck hit nine vehicles. The southbound truck from Hanoi hit another truck on National Highway 1A across Dong Nai Province that neighbors [...]

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Old tomb in southern Vietnam yields valuable historical data 

November 7, 2011
Old tomb in southern Vietnam yields valuable historical data 

A woman's skeleton found almost intact at a tomb in Dong Nai Province is exhibited at an announcement meeting held Friday Cultural authorities in the southern province of Dong Nai Friday announced their findings about an ancient tomb that was found with little damage.   Carbon analysis estimates the tomb complex to have been built [...]

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Over $300,000 to save environment in Vietnam southern province 

November 6, 2011
Over $300,000 to save environment in Vietnam southern province 

A pipe discharges wastewater into a river in Dong Nai. Vietnam southern industrial hub Dong Nai has invested more than US$301,800 into environment protection projects until 2015.   The money will also be used to reduce environmental pollution at industrial zones and urban areas in the province.   A Vietnam News Agency report on Friday said [...]

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34 face charges in southern Vietnam health scandal 

November 3, 2011
34 face charges in southern Vietnam health scandal 

The front door of Dr Nguyen Duy Tu's house in Ca Mau Province was broken by a crowd furious over a teenage girl's death. Police in the southern province of Ca Mau have asked prosecutors to charge 34 people for attacking local doctors’ houses in protest of their irresponsibility in the death of a 17-year-old [...]

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Vietnam metro leaders pledges crackdown on street racers 

October 7, 2011
Vietnam metro leaders pledges crackdown on street racers 

  The fast and furious take over city streets throughout Traffic Safety Month An illegal racer performs tricks on Ho Chi Minh City’s Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street. The central government is looking to crack down on street racing in the country’s biggest cities. The Ho Chi Minh City municipal administration has asked the central [...]

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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...