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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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Motorbike burns after refill in central Vietnam 

January 13, 2012
Motorbike burns after refill in central Vietnam 

A burnt motorbike at a gas station in Thua Thien-Hue Province on January 13   A Yamaha motorbike caught fire right after being refilled at a gas station in central Vietnam on Friday. No one was injured in the accident. Many people around the gas station in Thua Thien-Hue Province panicked because they were afraid [...]

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3 injured in mystery bus fire in southern Vietnam 

January 11, 2012
3 injured in mystery bus fire in southern Vietnam 

  Three people were injured when a public transport van with passengers caught fire in the southern Vietnamese province of Dong Nai Friday. Witnesses said the Ford Transit was carrying around 20 people from Dong Nai to Ho Chi Minh City when the fire started in the second row of seats. Passengers yelled at the driver, [...]

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Vietnam's mysterious motorbike fires rage on 

January 9, 2012
Vietnam's mysterious motorbike fires rage on 

  Two Honda motorbikes have become the latest victims of mysterious fires that have burned more than 90 vehicles across Vietnam since last year. One of the new cases happened in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue right after Hoang Thi Mai Tram left Hue Central Hospital, where she works, on Thursday. Tram said she [...]

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Vroom… Boom! 

December 19, 2011
Vroom… Boom! 

  Mysterious motorbike fires, explosion draw attention to the lack of qualified mechanics and potentially dangerous modifications Wreckage of a motorbike that caught fire on December 12 in Hanoi Five-year-old Nguyen Khanh Van died on Tuesday (December 13), becoming the latest victim of a series of unexplained motorbike accidents where the vehicles have caught fire, [...]

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After flames, Hanoi building found to have violated fire safety standards 

December 19, 2011
After flames, Hanoi building found to have violated fire safety standards 

A woman looks up at the 33-floor building where her colleagues were trapped by a fire in Hanoi Thursday. She was among 40 workers rescued by the local fire deparment. The 33-floor Hanoi building that caught fire Thursday, injuring 11, failed to meet fire and safety regulations, an official told Thanh Nien Friday. To Xuan [...]

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Skyscraper on fire, 11 injured in Vietnam capital 

December 16, 2011
Skyscraper on fire, 11 injured in Vietnam capital 

  A big fire broke out Thursday at a 33-floor building that was under construction in Hanoi, injuring 11 workers. The fire started at around 4 p.m. in the basement of one of the twin towers invested in by state-owned power utility Electricity of (EVN). The fire wasn’t extinguished until about five hours later. General To Xuan Thieu, vice [...]

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Over $1 mln lost in central Vietnam market fire 

December 12, 2011
Over $1 mln lost in central Vietnam market fire 

Easup market in Vietnam Central Highlands on December 7 caught fire, destroying goods worth around US$1 million. A market fire in Vietnam Central Highlands early Wednesday caused property damage estimated at more than US$1 million dollars.   The fire started at around 1 a.m. and burned down goods of more than 100 retailers at Easup [...]

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Amazon’s Kindle Fire draws heat from new Nook 

November 21, 2011
Amazon’s Kindle Fire draws heat from new Nook 

  There’s a lot of heel-nipping in the tablet market these days. Amazon.com Inc. just released the Kindle Fire, the most serious attempt yet to take on Apple Inc.’s mighty iPad 2. Meanwhile, Barnes & Noble Inc. has shipped the Nook Tablet, which in turn takes aim at Amazon. I’ve tried both new devices and [...]

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Anti-Wall Street protesters vow to keep up fight 

October 14, 2011
Anti-Wall Street protesters vow to keep up fight 

A protester chants during an Occupy Wall Street march in New York October 1, 2011 Anti-Wall Street protesters vowed to keep up their fight on Sunday despite the arrests of more than 700 people the previous day for blocking traffic lanes on the Brooklyn Bridge in an unauthorized protest. Police issued more than 700 summonses [...]

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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...