November 25, 2011
A protester holds an image of former president Gloria Arroyo during a protest in front of the Supreme Court in Manila on November 22, 2011. The arrest of former Philippine leader Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for vote rigging has put President Benigno Aquino’s campaign to tackle corruption where he wants it, in the headlines as he [...]
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November 13, 2011
Dengue fever has so far this year claimed 46 lives among 49,011 Vietnamese people who have been infected, according to the Vietnam Administration of Preventive Medicine. Most of the dengue fever cases have been found in the central and southern regions, the administration said. It said the epidemic is under control because the number [...]
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November 11, 2011
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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October 3, 2011
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) has claimed 109 lives among 52,321 infections across Vietnam, the Administration of Preventive Medicine announced Wednesday. Ho Chi Minh City has the highest toll at 26, followed by Dong Nai Province at 22, the agency said. In average, more than 2,000 HFMD new cases are recorded each week, [...]
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April 16, 2011
Ha Long Bay is located in the northern province of Quang Ninh, about 180 kilometers east of the capital Hanoi. The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has printed two million voting guides as part of efforts to promote Ha Long Bay’s selection as one of the new seven natural wonders of the world this year. The guides, [...]
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March 14, 2011
Cooling towers at the Exelon Byron Nuclear Generating Station in Illinois, the US The unfolding nuclear disaster in Japan at reactors damaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami has led some lawmakers to call for putting the "brakes" on US nuclear development. "I’ve been a big supporter of nuclear power because it’s domestic – it’s [...]
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November 22, 2010
Mediator tables, banned in several European countries on health concerns, are still widely sold in the country The diabetes and weight loss drug Mediator, recently linked to 500 deaths worldwide, and banned in some Europe countries is still being sold widely in Vietnam.  The French Health Minister had recently warned any users of the drug [...]
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January 27, 2010
A file photo shows staff working at an Indochina Airlines booking office The Civil Aviation Administration said Monday it has revoked the license of Indochina Airlines as the private carrier was no longer capable of maintaining its service. The administration said it would only consider reissuing the license if and when the airline could prove [...]
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January 9, 2010
Budget carrier Jetstar Pacific Airlines has been allowed to resume maintaining its aircrafts, around two months after its maintenance license was revoked. Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam deputy head Lai Xuan Thanh said the carrier had improved its infrastructure and now met the requirements necessary to carry out requisite âA checksâ and maintenance on its [...]
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January 8, 2010
Taiwanese-owned MSG maker Vedan Vietnam agreed Thursday to compensate farmers land and water it had poisoned by polluting the Thi Vai River. The Dong Nai-based company, which was found to have been releasing toxic and untreated wastewater directly into the southern river for more than 14 years, made the commitment at a meeting with Vietnam [...]
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