December 23, 2011
The Saigon Post Office in the early-20th century ⦠and the Ho Chi Minh City’s General Post Office at present In Ho Chi Minh City, two iconic buildings that are tourist attractions as much for their architecture as their history are the Notre Dame Cathedral and General Post Office situated next to each other [...]
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December 23, 2011
Alexandra Blachere, who heads an association of women with faulty breast implants, displays silicone gel breast implants during an interview in Paris December 20, 2011. Fears over the safety of silicone breast implants made by a now defunct French firm spread to Australia, South America and across Europe on Thursday as French officials prepared to [...]
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October 23, 2011
Andre Bamberski, father of Kalinka Bamberski, who died mysteriously in 1982, talks to journalists outside court in Paris. A French father won a 30-year quest for justice for his dead daughter after a German doctor he had kidnapped and delivered to the French courts to face charges was convicted of her killing. A Paris court [...]
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October 3, 2011
Traveling by sidecar from Mui Ne to Da Lat is a great way to travel the region We had only been a day in Phan Thiet and, frankly, I’d have rather stayed another two. The links at Ocean Dunes Golf Club, part of the seaside Novotel Phan Thiet Resort, were superb (good enough to [...]
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September 1, 2011
Libyan rebels rest on the outskirts of the village of Umm Qandil east of Sirte. Russia on Thursday officially recognized Libya’s rebels as the governing authority in the country, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "The Russian Federation recognizes Libya’s National Transitional Council as the ruling authority and notes its reform program that includes [...]
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August 27, 2011
Dong Duong Cham Sanctuary was unearthed in November, 1902. This picture was taken by a French photographer and collected by the Quang Nam's provincial government. A seminar of leading archeologists on restoring Dong Duong Cham sanctuary took place on August 17 in Quang Nam Province. According to research professor Truong Quoc Binh, member of the [...]
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August 14, 2011
Thu’s book, My Quest for Yummy Banh Mi in Vietnam, documents her discovery of different regional delicacies in Vietnam  “My belly and my heart are full of happiness and love now.” Vietnamese-Canadian Thu Nguyen did not believe she could actually write a book, but her fascination with one of the most common street food [...]
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July 17, 2011
French artist seeks to create a universal comfort zone Betrant Peret as a DJ at the Esperantopolis 2011, a cultural event featuring a variety of arts, held at the French Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City last month A space, an atmosphere where art interacts with life in a way that everyone is comfortable, [...]
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July 15, 2011
A boy on Long Son Island, off the coast of Vung Tau. The island's denizens follow a philosophy of simplicity and charity handed down by spiritual guru who founded the isle's first settlement. The people of Long Son Island follow a simple philosophy: no Gods, no temples, no books, no rules. Â Living with love, [...]
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July 12, 2011
A sixty-year-old man has spent half his life and all his money chasing the legend of Emperor Ham Nghi’s buried treasure Nguyen Hong Cong (pictured lower left) now lives in a remote cottage in the Hoa Son Forest where he has hunted an elusive treasure trove for the past 30 years. In the summer [...]
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