January 17, 2012
The state-owned Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) said despite "complications" last year, it was business as usual for it in the East Sea. Phung Dinh Thuc, the chief executive of PetroVietnam, which explores and drills oil in the sea, said at a press conference Monday that thanks to assistance from the ministries of public security, defense, [...]
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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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January 3, 2012
People prepare to bury a beached whale in Quang Nam Province in October 2010. The Bac beach in central Vietnam has become a cemetery for more than 500 beached whales. Traditionally, the whale is seen as a holy protector by local fishermen. The beach in Quang Nam Province, which boasts the UNESCO heritage site [...]
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January 3, 2012
A file photo of the Vinalines Queen Vietnamese search and rescue authorities said Saturday 13 foreign ships traveling in the vicinity of the Vinalines Queen freighter, which allegedly went missing off the Philippines on Dec. 25, have accepted a request to search for the ship. Nguyen Anh Vu, director of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination [...]
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December 25, 2011
China’s Vice President Xi Jinping (L) is greeted by Vietnam’s Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan (R) and Party’s Senior Politburo member Le Hong Anh (C) upon his arrival at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi December 21. Vietnam and China agreed to comprehensively boost strategic cooperation during Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to Hanoi [...]
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December 6, 2011
Gymnast Pham Phuoc Hung is expected to win 2012 Olympic berths for Vietnam Vietnam has halved its target for Olympic berths in London next year to 10 after reconsidering its athletes’ qualifying chances. According to Hoang Vinh Giang, vice chairman and general secretary of the Vietnamese Olympic Committee, Vietnam has won five berths through badminton [...]
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November 19, 2011
Gymnast Do Thi Ngan Thuong on the way to winning the gold medal in the balance beam Monday at the SEA Games in Indonesia Vietnam won 11 out of the 15 gold medals in gymnastics at the ongoing South East Asian Games in Indonesia, and could possibly have swept the board but for the [...]
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November 19, 2011
The fact that Bangkok is struggling with the worst flooding in at least half a century should be a major wake up call for Vietnamese authorities. Ho Chi Minh City is almost in the same position as the Thai capital. Just like Bangkok, the southern metro is located downstream of a big river, the [...]
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November 11, 2011
One of the five sea turtles being released into the sea Authorities in the south central province of Binh Thuan on Sunday released five endangered sea turtles, previously caught by local fishermen, into the sea. The name of the sea turtle species was not known, but an official at the provincial Department of Agriculture and [...]
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October 14, 2011
Vietnam Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (R) and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao in Beijing Tuesday. Vietnam and China Tuesday signed an agreement setting out a basic legal framework for negotiating and solving sea disputes between the two countries, Vietnam News Agency reported. The two countries also signed cooperation agreements in five other areas [...]
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