January 25, 2012
Two Vietnamese sailors on a Taiwanese fishing boat hijacked by Somali pirates off the Indian Ocean two years ago have called home saying the pirates had chopped off an arm of the captain. The pirates are demanding a US$2.8-million ransom. On January 20, Tran Van Hung, one of the 26 crew members of the [...]
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January 15, 2012
A handout from the Italian Guardia de Finanza shows the Costa Concordia, after the cruise ship ran aground and keeled over off the Isola del Giglio. Two South Korean honeymooners were rescued Sunday from a cruise ship that hit rocks and keeled over off the west coast of Italy, but three were confirmed dead [...]
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December 21, 2011
 The last stake at the Chieng Mung Execution Grounds in the northern province of Son La At least one senior Party official and several police officials feel Vietnam should eventually do away with the death penalty, but for now, would-be executioners are relieved that a new law has chosen what they call a more [...]
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August 6, 2011
Increasing assaults on traffic cops indicate faults on both sides, senior official says  A still from a clip that shows Phuc (L), a mobile police officer, attacking Sergeant-Major Luan, a traffic cop who stopped the former for driving without a helmet It sounds too bad to be true, but hundreds of traffic police [...]
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May 27, 2011
The boat, which sank in the southern province of Binh Duong last Friday, killing 16, floats on the Saigon River after being recovered Saturday. A meeting was held in the southern province of Binh Duong Wednesday to review a tourist boat accident that killed 16 people last week, but no agency has accepted responsibility. Â [...]
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May 22, 2011
Le Minh Khuong is the coach of the national taekwondo team. Vietnam’s national taekwondo team coach Le Minh Khuong says he will protest a decision by the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) to fine him for disrupting a Vietnam Airlines flight last month. Le Minh Khuong, 50, refused to sign the finding of CAAV’s [...]
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December 11, 2010
Passengers taking a hydrofoil from downtown Ho Chi Minh City to Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province on Monday (December 6) had an unforgettable cruise, riding the waves with 50 people more than the vessel’s capacity. To make the cruise more exciting, the captain of the hydrofoil did not have a license to pilot the hydrofoil, [...]
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August 24, 2009
Coast guards at Quang Ngai Province confiscates more than 140 kg of black coral which is being smuggled to China For VND2.5 million (US$140), a kilogram of black coral has lured many people to Tien Giang Province to dive 70 meters below the surface wearing only their shorts and weight belts. Sometimes they even risk [...]
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August 11, 2009
LookAtVietnam – All 164 passengers and crew members on board a Vietnam Airlines plane were safe and sound after the aircraft made a rough landing in Tan Son Nhat Airport on Friday Photo: VNNLai Xuan Thanh, deputy director general of CAAV, told the Daily on the phone on Sunday that the incident resulted from a [...]
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July 17, 2009
Doctors give first-aid to sailors.VietNamNet Bridge – Nine sailors on a Quang Ngai province fishing boat which was sunk by an unidentified boat on July 15 in the sea off the central province of Binh Dinh arrived home on July 16. Strange boat sinks Vietnamese vessel, 7 injured Seven sailors were injured, including two with serious injuries [...]
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